My pension plan will pay me $17,500 once a year for a 10-year period. The first payment will come in exactly five years. The pension fund wants to immunize its position. a. What is the duration of its obligation to me? The current interest rate is 12.5% per year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Greater concern for innovation and quality has shifted the job trend to using more broadly defined jobs. t/f

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

If springfield is operating at full employment who is working a. everyone b. about 96% of the workforce c. the entire work force d. the robots