You are given the following prices for a zero coupon bond that matures for 1 on the maturity date: Maturity DatePrice 1 year0.965 2 years0.920 3 years0.875 4 years0.825 5 years0.770 Josh and Phillip enter into a four year swap with a notional amount of 200,000. The swap has annual settlement periods. Under the swap, Josh will pay Phillip the fixed swap rate at the end of each year while Phillip will pay Josh the variable rate where the variable rate is the one year spot rate at the beginning of each year. Determine the net swap payment at the end of the first year.

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer

You are considering the purchase of one of two machines used in your manufacturing plant. machine 1 has a life of two years, costs $20,000 initially, and then $4,000 per year in maintenance costs. machine 2 costs $25,000 initially, has a life of three years, and requires $3,500 in annual maintenance costs. either machine must be replaced at the end of its life with an equivalent machine. using eac which is the better machine for the firm