Questions and Answers of Economics Of Money Banking And Financial Markets

What would happen to the demand for Rembrandts if the stock market undergoes a boom? Why?
Get the monthly data from 1976 to 2009 on the M2 (gross) monetary aggregate (CANSIM series V41552796) and the three-month T-bill rate (series V122531) from the Textbook Resources area of the
The demand curve and supply curve for one-year T-bills (with a face value of $1000) were estimated using the following equations:a. What is the expected equilibrium price and quantity of T-bills in
Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy a house under the following circumstances:a. You just inherited $100 000.b. Real estate commissions fall from 6% of the sales price to 5% of the
Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy a share of Air Canada stock in the following situations:a. Your wealth falls.b. You expect the stock to appreciate in value.c. The bond market
One of the largest single influences on the level of interest rates is inflation. There are a number of sites that report inflation over time. Go to www.bankofcanada.ca/en/cpi.htm and review the
Get the monthly data for 1970 to 2009 on the M3 (gross) monetary aggregate (CANSIM series V41552794) from the Textbook Resources area of the MyEconLab.a. Calculate the money growth rate over the
Suppose that the interest rate is 5%. Which of the following statements are true and which are false?a. $57 today is equivalent to $61 one year from now.b. $5000 today is equivalent to $5250 one year
Get the quarterly data from 1953 to 2009 on the three-month T-bill rate (CANSIM series V122541) and the total consumer price index (series V41690973) from the Textbook Resources area of the
Get the monthly data from 1991 to 2009 for the interest rate on long-term Canada Real Return Bonds (CANSIM series V122553) from the Textbook Resources area of the MyEconLab.a. Plot this real interest
You have just won $20 million in a provincial lottery, which promises to pay you $1 million (taxfree) every year for the next 20 years. Have you really won $20 million?
Figure 4-1 shows the estimated real and nominal rates for three-month U.S. treasury bills. Go to www.martincapital.com/main/charts.html and click on the relevant link under Charts of Interest Rates
If the security in Problem 3 sold for $4000, is the yield to maturity greater or less than 10%? Why?Data from in Problem 3If the interest rate is 10%, what is the present value of a security that
To pay for university, you have just taken out a $1000 government loan that makes you pay $126 per year for 25 years. However, you don t have to start making these payments until you graduate from
Pick five Canada bonds from the bond page of the newspaper, and calculate the current yield. Note when the current yield is a good approximation of the yield to maturity.
You are offered two bonds, a one-year Canada bond with a yield to maturity of 9% and a one-year treasury bill with a yield on a discount basis of 8.9%. Which would you rather own?
You borrowed $1000 on January 1 and must repa a total amount of $1060 exactly a year later.a. What is the interest paid?b. What is the interest rate?
Consider a perpetuity that has a coupon of $100 per year.a. What is the price of the perpetuity if the yield to maturity is 5%?b. If the yield to maturity doubles, what will happen to the price?
In Brazil, a country that was undergoing a rapid inflation before 1994, many transactions were conducted in dollars rather than in reals, the domestic currency. Why?
Would you be willing to completely give up your chequebook and use an electronic means of payment for everything exclusively Why or why not?
Get the monthly data from 1970 to 2009 on the M2 (gross) monetary aggregate (CANSIM series V41552796) from the Textbook Resources area of the MyEconLab.a. Calculate the money growth rate over the
Describe how authority over deposit-based financial intermediaries is split among the Bank of Canada, the OSFI, and the CDIC.
One of the single best sources of information about financial institutions is the financial data produced by the OSFI. Go to www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca, click on Banks and then Financial Data Banks and
The following table lists monthly foreign exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar (in $/US$) for 2008 (this is CANSIM II series V41589522).a. Which month would have been the
The following table lists monthly stock prices in Canada as measured by the S&P/TSX Composite Index (this is CANSIM II series V122620) for 2008.a. Which month would have been the worst month to
When was the most recent recession?
What is the typical relationship among interest rates on three-month treasury bills, long-term Canada bonds, and long-term corporate bonds?
Looking at Figure 1-8, in what years would you have chosen to visit the Canadian Rockies rather than Washington, D.C.?

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