Graincorp, a U. S. agricultural company, produces corn syrup at a plant in Iowa on September 13, 2018. It sells the corn syrup to Crunchy's for use in the production of cereal that will be made in the United States in 2018. (Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the corn syrup increases GDP directly, and ignore the effect of production of the cereal on GDP.)

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%

You are the cfo of a u.s. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in mexico manufactures component parts for your u.s. assembly operations. the subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the united states. one of your analysts told you that the mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. what actions, if any, should you take