Wanda opens a retirement account and starts with a balance of $6,000. One year later she has $6,720 in the account. During the year, the consumer price index increased from 160 to 166.4. The nominal interest rate is % and the real interest rate is %

Consider the following information about production in quarter 1 of 2019.

Firm T produces 600 tires at a cost of $28 each, and sells 580 tires to Firm B at a cost of $37 each.
Firm B produces 290 bicycles at a total of cost of $348 each, and sells 280 bicycles to consumers for $407 each.

In this simple economy, what is the value of inventory investment?

Bob sells his 4 year old carto his cousin Bill. This count in GDP.
Joy sells her 5 year old car to CarMax. This count in GDP.
Auto Nation sells used cars for 25% more than they pay for them. This count in GDP

Sharon had some insider information about a corporate takeover. she unintentionally informed a friend, who immediately bought the stock in the target corporation. the takeover occurred and the friend made a substantial profit from buying and selling the stock. the friend told sharon about his stock dealings, and gave her a pearl necklace because she "made it all possible." the necklace was worth $10,000, but she already owned more jewelry than she desired.

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?