You have accumulated $4,450 and are looking for the best rate of return that can be earned over the next year. A bank savings account will pay 8%. A one-year bank certificate of deposit will pay 10%, but the minimum investment is $7,450. Required: Calculate the amount of return you would earn if the $4,450 were invested for one year at 8%. Calculate the net amount of return you would earn if $3,000 were borrowed at a cost of 18%, and then $7,450 were invested for one year at 10%. Calculate the net rate of return on your investment of $4,450 if you accept the strategy of part b. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.