The consumer price index reflects: the prices of all goods and services computed from the ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP. changes in the prices of goods and services typically purchased by consumers. the level of prices for raw materials. the level of prices for intermediate goods and services purchased by businesses.

Martinez manufacturing applies overhead based on direct labor hours. the company estimates that their overhead for the year will be $180,000, and that they will use 72,000 direct labor hours. during the year, martinez manufacturing actually used 75,000 direct labor hours and actual overhead costs were $190,000. at the end of the year, manufacturing overhead was: overapplied by $2,500. overapplied by $10,000. underapplied by $2,500. underapplied by $10,000.

Minolta inc. is considering a project that has the following cash flow and wacc data. what is the project's mirr? note that a project's projected mirr can be less than the wacc (and even negative), in which case it will be rejected. wacc: 10.00% year 0 1 2 3 4 cash flows -$850 300 $320 $340 $360

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out