Property Date Acquired Date Sold Adjusted Basis Sales Price Antique vase 06/18/09 05/23/20 $37,000 $42,000 Blue Growth Fund 12/23/11 11/22/20 22,000 38,000 (100 shares) Orange bonds 02/12/12 04/11/20 34,000 42,000* Green stock 02/14/20 11/23/20 11,000 13,000 (100 shares) *The sales price included $750 of accrued interest. a. What are the amount and nature of the gain or loss from each of these transactions

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?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?