Assume that the interest rate on borrowings in India is 1 percent while the interest rate on bank deposits in a U. S. bank is 6 percent. John, an active currency trader, borrows in Japanese yen, converts the money into U. S. dollars and deposits it in a U. S. bank. The speculative element of John's carry trade is that its success is based upon his belief that

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there will be no adverse movement in exchange rates or interest rates.

liquidity is the key factor in determining interest rates.

increasing money supply will not drive inflation.

hedging insures a company against foreign exchange risks.

spot exchange rates are more favorable than forward exchange rates.

Acme published a story about paul and as a result paul sued acme for damage to his reputation, emotional distress, and punitive damages. paul won an award of $20,000 for damages, $5,500 for emotional distress, and $50,000 for punitive damages. what amount must paul include in his gross income

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate

Contrast two economies that transitioned to capitalism and explain what factors affected the ease kf their transition as welas the “face” of capitalism that each has adopted