Interest rates are influenced by various factors reflecting the demand for funds and the supply of funds available in the credit markets. Write a short essay in which you identify the key factors that changed the demand for and supply of funds during the 2008 credit crisis and offer an explanation for why those factors caused a major decline in market interest rates. What lessons may be learned from the credit crisis that could prevent such an abrupt decline in the demand for funds in the future?

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)