Money is invested in a savings account with a nominal interest rate of 2.4% convertible monthly for three years. The rate of inflation is 1.5% for the first year, 2.8% for the second year, and 3.4% for the third year. Find the percentage of purchasing power lost during the time the money is invested; that is, find p so that if you could purchase exactly u units at the time the money was invested, three years later you could purchase u(1 ? 0.01p).

At december 31, 2016, pina corporation had the following stock outstanding. 10% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par, 107,810 shares $10,781,000 common stock, $5 par, 4,026,000 shares 20,130,000 during 2017, pina did not issue any additional common stock. the following also occurred during 2017. income from continuing operations before taxes $21,950,000 discontinued operations (loss before taxes) $3,505,000 preferred dividends declared $1,078,100 common dividends declared $2,300,000 effective tax rate 35 % compute earnings per share data as it should appear in the 2017 income statement of pina corporation