Freds Fish House is contemplating an investment of $50,000 in a new shrimp boat and deep fryers. Management of this company predicts a 6.3 percent annual return on this investment. The current market rate of interest is 5.6 percent. Freds Fish House will:
A. not invest since the cost is greater than the expected return.
B. does not invest since the cost is less than the expected return.
C. invest since the cost is less than the expected return.
D. invest since the cost is greater than the expected return.
At which of the market rates of interest below would Fred's Fish House be inclined to invest?
A. 3.5%.
B. 3%.
C. 2%.
D. at any of these interest rates listed.
Freds Fish House is contemplating an investment of $50,000 in a new shrimp boat and deep fryers. Management of this company predicts a 6.3 percent annual return on this investment. The current market rate of interest is 5.6 percent. Freds Fish House will:
A. not invest since the cost is greater than the expected return.
B. does not invest since the cost is less than the expected return.
C. invest since the cost is less than the expected return.
D. invest since the cost is greater than the expected return.
At which of the market rates of interest below would Fred's Fish House be inclined to invest?
A. 3.5%.
B. 3%.
C. 2%.
D. at any of these interest rates listed.
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Three students have each saved $1,000. Each has an investment opportunity in which he or she can invest up to $2,000. Here are the rates of return on the student's investment projects:
| Student | Return |
|---|---|
| (Percent) | |
| Yakov | 4 |
| Charles | 7 |
| Dina | 15 |
Assume borrowing and lending are prohibited, so each student uses only personal savings to finance his or her own investment project.
Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later when the project pays its return.
| Student | Money a Year Later |
|---|---|
| (Dollars) | |
| Yakov | _________ |
| Charles | _________ |
| Dina | _________ |
Now suppose their school opens up a market for loanable funds in which students can borrow and lend among themselves at an interest rate or.
If a studentâs expected rate of return is greater than r, he or she would choose to (lend, borrow).
Suppose the interest rate is 6 percent.
Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be $______, and quantity demanded would be $______.
Now suppose the interest rate is 12 percent.
Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be $______, and quantity demanded would be $______.
At an interest rate of ______%, the loanable funds market among these three students would be in equilibrium. At this interest rate, (Charles, Yakov, Yakov and Charles, Charles and Dina, Dina) would want to borrow, and (Charles, Yakov, Yakov and Charles, Charles and Dina, Dina) want to lend.
Suppose the interest rate is at the equilibrium rate.
Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later after the investment projects pay their return and loans have been repaid.
| Student | Money a Year Later |
|---|---|
| (Dollars) | |
| Yakov | _________ |
| Charles | _________ |
| Dina | _________ |
True or False: Only borrowers are made better off, and lenders are made worse off.
