Hi, Jake. I would like to ask you about leverage. The Professor was talking about the advantages and disadvantage of banks using leverage. From what I understand, high bank leverage was one of the key ingredients in the housing bubble and the financial crisis that followed. What I do not understand is that, if leverage is so risky, why wouldn't the government just forbid banks from using leverage at all and thus eliminate the possibility of such a crisis in the future

Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $