Suppose for every dollar change in household wealth, consumption expenditures change by $0.05. If real household wealth declines by $45 billion, potential GDP is $120 billion, and the multiplier effect for the first year after an expenditure shock is 1.4, what is the total change in output relative to potential for the first year? A. minus 1.63% B. minus 2.63% C. minus 2.8% D. minus 7.0%

Problem 9-5. net present value and taxes [lo 1, 2] penguin productions is evaluating a film project. the president of penguin estimates that the film will cost $20,000,000 to produce. in its first year, the film is expected to generate $16,500,000 in net revenue, after which the film will be released to video. video is expected to generate $10,000,000 in net revenue in its first year, $2,500,000 in its second year, and $1,000,000 in its third year. for tax purposes, amortization of the cost of the film will be $12,000,000 in year 1 and $8,000,000 in year 2. the company’s tax rate is 35 percent, and the company requires a 12 percent rate of return on its films. required what is the net present value of the film project? to simplify, assume that all outlays to produce the film occur at time 0. should the company produce the film?

Below are the steps in the measurement process of external transactions. arrange them from first (1) to last (6). event step post transactions to the general ledger. assess whether the transaction results in a debit or credit to account balances. use source documents to identify accounts affected by an external transaction. analyze the impact of the transaction on the accounting equation. prepare a trial balance. record the transaction in a journal using debits and credits.

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.