Suppose currently 10-year Treasury note offers 2.8% yield and the average yield on investment grade 10-year corporate bonds is 4.4%. Calculate the risk spread. Predict what will happen to the yields of corporate and treasury bonds as well as the risk spread if the federal government guarantees today that it will pay to bondholders if the corporations go bankrupt in the future.

Thirty years ago daniel bought a plot of land for $50,000 when the cpi was 50. now the cpi is 180 and he sold the land for $180,000. what issue might inflation cause for daniel?

Which of the following is an example of the use of fiscal policy by the u.s. government? a. congress makes it illegal for the police union to go on strike. b. the federal reserve bank lowers the interest rate on loans to corporations. c. the department of transportation increases spending on highway repairs. d. the supreme court rules that unions have the right to collective bargaining. 2b2t

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?