The U. S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recommends that the governmentuse different discount rates for public investments than for the sale of government as-sets. For public investments, the OMB suggests a discount rate that reflects the his-torical pretax rate of return on private investments, while for the sale of governmentassets, the OMB recommends using the cost of government borrowing as a discountrate. Why might the OMB make this distinction? That is, (a) what is the social value created by capital investment, and what is the cost? (b) What is the social value created by selling existing assets, and what is the cost?

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Create a list of five action verbs you might use on a job application to describe skills and/or work history. here are some examples: (organized, produced, selected, coordinated, contributed). find five other than the examples.

Blake edwards has done some research and has discovered that economists believe interest rates will rise significantly over the next two years. blake believes that this will lead to fewer homes being sold and fewer jobs in the banking and mortgage industries. this is an example of influencing jobs in the future.