The mayor of your city is considering building a new toll road to reduce congestion. The cost of the toll road is $10 million and is estimated to generate a profit (from tolls collected less expenses collecting the tolls and maintaining the road) of $2 million per year. A. What is the present value of the first year's profit of $2 million? (if discount rate is 8% (0.08)) (2points) B. If the discount rate is 8%, how many years would it take before the road is paid for? The number of years it will take to recover the initial $10 million investment. (8points)

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.