2. The Federal Reserve has three main tools that can be used for enacting monetary policy, including open market regulation and the discount rate. If
using either open market regulation or the discount rate can have virtually the
same effect, why is there concern over the Fed buying $600 billion in Treasury
bonds, which is estimated to have the effect of lowering interest rates by three-
quarters of a percentage point?

The maximum tax rate on estates and gifts

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

How much are you willing to pay for a zero that matures in 10 years, has a face value of $1,000 and your required rate of return is 7%? round to the nearest cent. do not include a dollar sign in your answer. (i.e. if your answer is $432.51, then type 432.51 without $ sign)