Use the information presented in northeastern mutual bank's balance sheet to answer the following questions. bank's balance sheet: assets liabilities and owners equityreserves $150 deposits $ 850loans $750 debt $100securities $600 capital (owners equity) $550a) suppose the owners of the bank contribute an additional $175 from their own funds and use it to buy securities in the name of the bank. this would increase the securities account and (increase, decrease) the (capital, debt, deposits, loans, reserves) account. b) this would also bring the leverage ratio from its initial value of (2.31, 2.73, 4.83, 5.71) to a new value of (2.31, 2.73, 4.83, 5.71).c) which of the following do bankers take into account when determining how to allocate their assets? check all that apply. i. the reserve requirement. ii. the total value of liabilities. iii. the size of the monetary base.

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Jacob is a member of wcc (an llc taxed as a partnership). jacob was allocated $155,000 of business income from wcc for the year. jacob’s marginal income tax rate is 37 percent. the business allocation is subject to 2.9 percent of self-employment tax and 0.9 percent additional medicare tax. (round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar a) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is not qualified business income? b) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is qualified business income (qbi) and jacob qualifies for the full qbi duduction?