Suppose the money supply (as measured by checkable deposits) is currently $400 billion. the required reserve ratio is 25%. banks hold $100 billion in reserves, so there are no excess reserves. the federal reserve ("the fed") wants to increase the money supply by $18 billion, to $418 billion. it could do this through open-market operations or by changing the required reserve ratio. assume for this question that you can use the oversimplified money multiplier formula.

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $

What is the difference between the contractual interest rate and the market interest rate?

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