Suppose that two factors have been identified for the U. S. economy: the growth rate of industrial production, IP, and the inflation rate, IR. IP is expected to be 3%, and IR 3.3%. A stock with a beta of 1.8 on IP and 1.3 on IR currently is expected to provide a rate of return of 15%. If industrial production actually grows by 6%, while the inflation rate turns out to be 5.2%, what is your revised estimate of the expected rate of return on the stock?

forbearance of student loan payments. under forbearance, your loan payments are postponed (or reduced) but interest continues to accrue during the period of forbearance. if you don't pay the interest during that period, the interest may be “capitalized,” which means it is added to your principal balance.

urban company reports the following information regarding its production cost: units produced 37,000 units direct labor $ 30 per unit direct materials $ 35 per unit variable overhead $ 237,000 in total fixed overhead $ 127,000 in total