Selma leases equipment from ABC Corp. The 4-year lease requires payments of $10,000 per year, beginning at the inception of the lease. The fair value of the equipment at the inception of the lease is $100,000. The equipment has a 6-year life. Selma's incremental borrowing rate is 6%. The lease does not transfer title and does not have a bargain purchase option. How should the lease be classified by Selma?

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.