You are a financial analyst for Panera Bread Company, reporting to the CFO. Part of your job involves preparing financial projections and it is time to generate those for the coming years. You need to provide a report to your boss that details the external funding needs required by Panera Bread Company as they undergo some tightening of margins and a repurchase of $75 million of stock. Write a three to four page memo (plus exhibits) to inform the CFO of your recommendation regarding the amount of long-term debt that will be required to move forward over the next three years. Your memo should include:

Colah company purchased $1.8 million of jackson, inc. 8% bonds at par on july 1, 2018, with interest paid semi-annually. when the bonds were acquired colah decided to elect the fair value option for accounting for its investment. at december 31, 2018, the jackson bonds had a fair value of $2.08 million. colah sold the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019 for $1,620,000. the purchase of the jackson bonds on july 1. interest revenue for the last half of 2018. any year-end 2018 adjusting entries. interest revenue for the first half of 2019. any entry or entries necessary upon sale of the jackson bonds on july 1, 2019. required: 1. prepare colah's journal entries for above transaction.

What is a sort of auction for stocks in which traders verbally submit their offers?

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.