When is a lower annual interest rate better than a low annual fee?

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.

Lester's fried chick'n purchased its building 11 years ago at a cost of $189,000. the building is currently valued at $209,000. the firm has other fixed assets that cost $56,000 and are currently valued at $32,000. to date, the firm has recorded a total of $49,000 in depreciation on the various assets it currently owns. current liabilities are $36,600 and net working capital is $18,400. what is the total book value of the firm's assets? $251,000 $241,000 $232,600 $214,400 $379,000