Suppose that the reserve requirement for checking deposits is 10 percent and that banks do not hold any excess reserves. if the fed sells $1 million of government bonds, what is the effect on the economy’s reserves and money supply? now suppose the fed lowers the reserve requirement to 5 percent, but banks choose to hold another 5 percent of deposits as excess reserves. why might banks do so? what is the overall change in the money multiplier and the money supply as a result of these actions?

Suppose you want to know if more technical service calls are made to homes with cable television or with satellite dish television. should you use frequencies or relative frequencies to make the comparison? why?

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.

For each of the following users of financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, specify whether the user would primarily use financial accounting information or managerial accounting information or both: 1. sec examiner 2. bookkeeping department 3. division controller 4. external auditor (public accounting firm) 5. loan officer at the company's bank 6. state tax agency auditor 7. board of directors 8. manager of the service department 9. wall street analyst 10. internal auditor 11. potential investors 12, current stockholders 13. reporter from the wall street journal 14. regional division managers