If the Fed decides to conduct contractionary monetary policy by selling $350 million in UST bonds, how much will the money supply change by if the required reserve ration is 16% ?

Pandemic has caused higher unemployment rate and lower growth in GDP. Federal Reserve wants to buy more 1-year and 10-year Treasury securities and sell 5-year Treasury securities to stimulate the economy. What would be shape of Treasury yield curve as a result of this move by Fed? Explain this yield curve using appropriate theory of term structure.

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Suppose the spot price of the British pound is currently $1.50. If the risk-free interest rate on one-year government bonds is 4% in the United States and 3% in the United Kingdom, what must the forward price of the pound be for delivery one year from now? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Suppose two factors are identified for the U.S. economy: the growth rate of industrial production, IP, and the inflation rate, IR. IP is expected to be 5% and IR 5%. A stock with a beta of 1 on IP and 0.7 on IR currently is expected to provide a rate of return of 10%. If industrial production actually grows by 6%, while the inflation rate turns out to be 6%, what will be your expected rate of return on the stock, given the new information about the industrial production rate and the inflation rate? (Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal places.) Expected rate of return %