What are depository and nondepository financial institutions? How do they differ?

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.

Calculating and interpreting eps information wells fargo reports the following information in its 2015 form 10-k. in millions 2015 2014 wells fargo net income $24,005 $24,168 preferred stock dividends $1,535 $1,347 common stock dividends $7,400 $6,908 average common shares outstanding 5,136.5 5,237.2 diluted average common shares outstanding 5,209.8 5,324.4 determine wells fargo's basic eps for fiscal 2015 and for fiscal 2014. round answers to two decimal places.