You borrow $2,000 from gougo’s, a well-known loan consolidation outfit. the loan is an "unbelievably low" 2.5% per month compounded monthly. you have 2 years to pay back the loan. a. what is the nominal interest rate? b. what is the effective interest rate? c. if you wait until the end of year 2 to pay it off in one lump sum, how much must you pay? use the "period interest rate" approach. d. if you wait until the end of year 2 to pay it off in one lump sum, how much must you pay? use the "effective interest rate" approach. e. of your payment in parts (c) or (d), how much is interest? f. suppose you make equal end-of-month payments. how much is the monthly amount?

An employer who is considering hiring eva has asked donna, eva’s former supervisor, for a report on eva. in truth, eva’s work for donna has been only average. however, eva is donna’s friend, and donna knows that eva probably will not get the job if she says anything negative about eva, and donna knows that eva desperately needs the job. further, donna knows that if the situation were reversed, she would not want eva to mention her deficiencies. nevertheless, it has been donna’s policy to reveal the deficiencies of employees when she has been asked for references by employers, and she knows that some of eva’s faults may be bothersome to this particular employer. finally, this employer has leveled with donna in the past when donna has asked for a report on people who have worked for him. should donna reveal deficiencies in eva’s past performance? (remember to use one of the three moral theories acceptable for this test to solve this dilemma. any discussion of any personal opinion, religious perspective, or theory other than the moral theories acceptable for this test will result in a score of "0" for this question.)

In the united states, one worker can produce 10 tons of steel per day or 20 tons of chemicals per day. in the united kingdom, one worker can produce 5 tons of steel per day or 15 tons of chemicals per day. the united kingdom has a comparative advantage in the production of:

In the fall of 2008, aig, the largest insurance company in the world at the time, was at risk of defaulting due to the severity of the global financial crisis. as a result, the u.s. government stepped in to support aig with large capital injections and an ownership stake. how would this affect, if at all, the yield and risk premium on aig corporate debt?