The housing market has collapsed. banks are becoming very restrictive in their lending practices. which of the following actions would the fed most likely take to encourage banks to expand lending to home buyers?

increase federal funds and prime rates
lower reserve requirements
sell government securities
shut down open-market operations

Dr. dow jones wants to know whether a problem-based approach to teaching economics will result in higher academic performance than his traditional method. of the six sections of economics 101 at his university, dr. jones randomly assigns three sections to the traditional method and three sections to the problem-based method for unit 1 of the course. then all sections switch the instructional method for unit 2. he plans to compare the performance of the two groups of sections on their unit 1 and unit 2 exams. this study employs a design.

Exercise 7-7 martinez company reports the following financial information before adjustments. dr. cr. accounts receivable $168,900 allowance for doubtful accounts $3,200 sales revenue (all on credit) 849,300 sales returns and allowances 50,440 prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense assuming martinez company estimates bad debts at (a) 4% of accounts receivable and (b) 4% of accounts receivable but allowance for doubtful accounts had a $1,550 debit balance. (if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually.)

Which of the following would indicate an improvement in a company's financial position, holding other things constant? a. the inventory and total assets turnover ratios both decline.b. the debt ratio increases.c. the profit margin declines.d. the times-interest-earned ratio declines.e. the current and quick ratios both increase.