g Suppose 1 U. S. dollar equals 1.25 Australian dollars in the spot market and that 6-month Australian securities have an annualized return of 2% risk-free (and thus a 6-month periodic risk-free return of 1%). Further suppose that 6-month U. S. securities have an annualized return of 1% risk-free (and thus a 6-month periodic risk-free return of 0.5%). If interest rate parity holds, what is the U. S. dollar-Australian dollar exchange rate in the 180- day forward market (express your answer as a direct quote to four decimal places)

Read the following scenario and answer the question in 5-10 sentences. you are the owner of a small business that is a defendant in a lawsuit in federal court. you received bad news from your lawyer that the judge did not allow certain documents to be admitted as evidence in court and that the jury reached a $50,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. your lawyer tells you that it is within your legal right to hire him to file an appeal with the united states court of appeals. if the appellate court rules in your favor, you may be able to avoid paying part or all of the $50,000. evaluate your lawyer’s suggestion about appealing the decision.

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

Given the production function q=96(k^0.3)(l^0.7), find the mpk and mpl functions. is mpk a function of k alone, or of both k and l? what about mpl?