Choose the best response for each of the following statements. a. When the Federal Reserve makes an open market purchase, the Fed:
sells bonds to the public, which decreases the money supply.
buys bonds from the public, which decreases the money supply.
sells bonds to the public, which increases the money supply.
buys bonds from the public, which increases the money supply.
b. If the Fed wants to increase interest rates, it should make an
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open market sale
open market purchase
This would
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increase
decrease
the money supply and achieve the increase in interest rates

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805