Which of the following is correct?
a. the asset demand for money is downsloping because the opportunity cost of holding money declines as the interest rate rises.
b. the asset demand for money is downsloping because the opportunity cost of holding money increases as the interest rate rises.
c. the transactions demand for money is downsloping because the opportunity cost of holding money varies inversely with the interest rate.
d. the asset demand for money is downsloping because bond prices and the interest rate are directly related.

Security a has a higher standard deviation of returns than security b. we would expect that: (i) security a would have a risk premium equal to security b. (ii) the likely range of returns for security a in any given year would be higher than the likely range of returns for security b. (iii) the sharpe ratio of a will be higher than the sharpe ratio of b. (a) i only (b) i and ii only (c) ii and iii only (d) i, ii and iii

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

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?