2. For the fiscal year of 2017, Excel Sports Inc. had a net income of $255,000 and paid out $51,000 as common dividend. Meanwhile, the retained earnings in its 2017 Balance Sheet was $1,297,000. How much was the retained earnings in its 2016 Balance Sheet

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.