Pacific Packaging's ROE last year was only 6%, but its management has developed a new operating plan that calls for a debt-to-capital ratio of 60%, which will result in annual interest charges of $627,000. The firm has no plans to use preferred stock and total assets equal total invested capital. Management projects an EBIT of $2,261,000 on sales of $19,000,000, and it expects to have a total assets turnover ratio of 1.4. Under these conditions, the tax rate will be 25%. If the changes are made, what will be the company's return on equity

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

In each of the following, what happens to the unemployment rate? does the unemployment rate give an accurate impression of what’s happening in the labor market? a.esther lost her job and begins looking for a new one.b.sam, a steelworker who has been out of work since his mill closed last year, becomes discouraged and gives up looking for work.c.dan, the sole earner in his family of 5, just lost his $90,000 job as a research scientist. immediately, he takes a part-time job at starbucks until he can find another job in his field.

Which of the following makes a true statement about the relationship between government and financial institutions? government and financial institutions do not interact with each other. financial institutions like the u.s. treasury must approve increases in the government deficit. government can pass laws to limit what financial institutions can charge in interest and fees. financial institutions like local banks must approve interest rates set by the federal reserve.