Given the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, do you anticipate any changes to the systems of
fixed exchange rates and forward contracts in the near future? Are the changes you envision
strictly procedural or regulatory, or do you believe that some of these changes will intend to
provide safeguards against ethical lapses or loopholes?
Solution
As a result of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, it showed that the protection companies
and investors have at the time to hedge against exchange rates instability were severely lacking
resulting in billions of dollars in lost wealth globally. Any financial market carries risks for its
users, but the main function of some markets is redistribution of risk. This is exactly what
forward markets and derivative markets do. They are more risky, but at the same time it is where
risks may be reduced or eliminated. Since the emergence of derivatives market, hedging
operations are increasingly performed in the futures and forward markets (due to minor
transaction costs, more expedient transactions, etc). Investors use forwards with a view to
protecting a certain yield level through the transfer of risk to other trade participants. This risk is
undertaken by speculators who take opposite positions from the hedgers and thus make the
market liquid. Hedgers, however, protect themselves by the transfer of risk to other participants
(speculators) against losses, but also reduce the possibility of profit increase.
Financial crises have many common features. In the background real economy, there is usually
the presence of an asset price “bubble” (or asset price inflation, for purists), a corresponding
credit boom, and large capital inflows into that economy (see, for example, Reinhart and Rogoff,
2008). However, these characteristics are necessary, but not sufficient, for a financial crisis to
develop. The severity of the crisis depends crucially on the underlying financial sector’s
exposure to these conditions and, in fact, the overall market’s uncertainty about the financial
sector’s exposure to them. A key role of financial regulation is to put limits on financial
institutions, so as to limit this exposure. While there are many reasons for the relative calm of the
U.S. financial system during the 50 years after the Great Depression, many analysts continue to
give credit to the financial regulation that was enacted at that time.
Given their inherently high leverage and the ease with which the risk-profile of financial assets
can be altered, banks and financial institutions have incentives to take on excessive risks.
Ordinarily, market mechanisms would be expected to price risks correctly and thereby ensure
that risk-taking in the economy is at efficient levels. However, there are two factors that have
impeded such efficient outcomes. First, with the repeal of most protections from the Banking Act
of the 1933, the only remaining protection against risk-shifting is capital requirements. If the
guarantees are m.
This is a free e-book from the London School of Economics. It includes several stand alone chapters. Each one of them is written by a different expert or professor. The main underlying topics include how to manage and prevent future financial crisis. And, what would be the best financial regulatory framework to do just that.
odd-Frank and Basel III Post-Financial Crisis Developments and New Expectations in Regulatory Capital. Following the recent global financial crisis of 2009, financial regulators have responded with arrays of proposals to revise existing risk frameworks for financial institutions with the objective to further strengthen and improve upon bank models. In this meeting, Dr. Michael Jacobs will discuss new developments and expectations in regulatory capital with particular reference to the definition of the capital base, counterparty credit risk, procyclicality of capital, liquidity risk management, and sound compensation practices. He will also explain the implications of the Frank-Dodd rule for financial institutions and will conclude by presenting the implementation schedule for Basel III.
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This is a free e-book from the London School of Economics. It includes several stand alone chapters. Each one of them is written by a different expert or professor. The main underlying topics include how to manage and prevent future financial crisis. And, what would be the best financial regulatory framework to do just that.
odd-Frank and Basel III Post-Financial Crisis Developments and New Expectations in Regulatory Capital. Following the recent global financial crisis of 2009, financial regulators have responded with arrays of proposals to revise existing risk frameworks for financial institutions with the objective to further strengthen and improve upon bank models. In this meeting, Dr. Michael Jacobs will discuss new developments and expectations in regulatory capital with particular reference to the definition of the capital base, counterparty credit risk, procyclicality of capital, liquidity risk management, and sound compensation practices. He will also explain the implications of the Frank-Dodd rule for financial institutions and will conclude by presenting the implementation schedule for Basel III.
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Week-1 Into to Money and Bankingand Basic Overview of U.S. Fin.docxalanfhall8953
Week-1 Into to Money and Banking
and Basic Overview of U.S. Financial System
Money and Banking Econ 311
Instructor: Thomas L. Thomas
Financial markets transfer funds from people who have excess available funds to people who have a shortage.
They promote grater economic efficiency by channeling funds from people who do not have a productive use for them to those who do.
Well functioning financial markets are a key factor in producing economic growth, where as, poor functioning financial markets are a major reason many countries in the world remain poor.
Financial Markets
A security or financial instrument is a claim on the issuer’s future income or assets.
A bond is a debt security (IOU) that promises to make payments periodically for a specified period of time.
The bond market is especially important economic activity because it enables businesses and the government to borrow and finance their activities and because it is where interest rates are determined.
An interest rate is the cost of borrowing money or the price to rent (use someone else’s) funds.
Because different interest rates tend to move in unison, economist frequently lump interest rates together and refer to the “interest rate”.
Interest rates are important on a number of levels:
High interest rates retard borrowing
High interest rates induce saving.
Lower interest rates induce borrowing
Lower Interest rates retard saving
Information Asymmetry and Information costs
Why Financial Intermediaries
In the neo-classical world economists have argued financial intermediaries are not necessary. Savers (investors) could manage their risks through diversification.
The logic rests on the perfect market assumption – that is investors can always through their own borrowing and lending compose their portfolios as they see fit, without costs. In such a world there are no bankruptcy costs.
In such a world if taken to the extreme, perfect and complete markets imply that there is no need for financial institutions to intermediate in the financial (capital markets) as every investor (saver) has complete information and can contract with the market at the same terms as banks. E.g. Information Asymmetry
Why Financial Intermediaries Bonds
A common stock (usually called stock) represents a share of ownership in a corporation.
It is usually a security that is a claim on the earnings and assets of the corporation.
Issuing stock and selling it to the public (called a public offering) is a way for corporations to raise the funds to finance their activities.
The stock market is the most widely followed financial market in almost every country that has one – that is why it is generally called the market – here “Wall Street.”
The stock market is also an important factor in business investment decisions, because the price of shares affects the amount of funds that can be raised by selling newly issued stock to finance investment spending. (Note impact examples..
Systemic Risk in Banking : Systemic risk is the possibility that an event at the company level could trigger severe instability or collapse an entire industry or economy.
Lesson 6 Discussion Forum Discussion assignments will beDioneWang844
Lesson 6 Discussion Forum :
Discussion assignments will be graded based upon the criteria and rubric specified in the Syllabus.
550 Words
For this Discussion Question, complete the following.
1. Review the two articles about bank failures and bank diversification that are found below this. Economic history assures us that the health of the banking industry is directly related to the health of the economy. Moreover, recessions, when combined with banking crisis, will result in longer and deeper recessions versus recessions that do occur with a healthy banking industry.
2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.
3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.
Please post (in APA format) your article citation.
Reply to Post 1: 160 words and Reference
Discussion on Bank’s failures and its diversification
Over the last two decades, business cycle volatility has decreased in the US. For example, some analysts claimed that companies handle inventory better today than ever, or that advances in financial systems have helped smooth industry volatility. Some emphasized stronger economic policy. Banking changes were also drastic in this same era, contributing to the restructuring and convergence of massive, global banking institutions in a better-organized structure. The article (Strahan, 2006) points out that some regulatory reform driven by individual countries rendered it possible for banks to preserve their resources and income by gradually diversifying from local downturns. Both low state volatility rates and a decline in partnerships between the local market and the central banking sector is a net influence on the diversification in banks. Considering the less fragile state economies following these intergovernmental financial reforms, there are some signs that financial convergence – while certainly not the only piece of the puzzle – has been less unpredictable.
Another article (Walter, 2005) argues that a long-standing reason for bank collapses during the crisis is a contagion, which contributes to systemic bank failures and the collapse of one bank initially. This indicates why several losses in the crisis period were unintentional, which ensured that the banks remained stable and endured without contagion-induced falls. The response to the contagion was the central government’s deposit policy, bringing an end to defaults. Nevertheless, since the sequence of errors began in the early 1920s, well before contagion was evident, the underlying trigger must be contagion.
Now it seems like the bank sector has undergone a shake-out that was worsened during the crisis by the deteriorating economic conditions. Although the reality that incidents occurred almost syno ...
Article 1Authors Christian Ewerhart, Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejersk.docxfredharris32
Article 1
Authors: Christian Ewerhart, Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejerskov, Natacha Valla
Title of the article: Manipulation in money markets
Journal Name: International Journal of Central Banking, March 2007
Summary
The article talks about the impact of manipulation in the implementation of the monetary policy. The authors claim that as a result of the impulsive reactions to the fundamental index of interbank interest rates, manipulation has turned out to be a major challenge for the operational enactment of the monetary policy. Therefore, to address the issue, the authors have focused on a microstructure model whereby a commercial bank can have a strategic alternative to the standing facilities of the central bank. They typify equilibrium where market rates are positively manipulated. The findings of the study prove that manipulation can be lucrative for a commercial bank with appropriate ex-ante features. And so, manipulation will continue to be a characteristic of equilibrium albeit stakeholders in the derivatives market create rational prospects regarding potential manipulation. The authors conclude by recognizing that the monetary authority has controlling techniques to fight manipulation and that further vigilance is required to ascertain that there is no operational manipulation (Ewerhart, Cassola, Ejerskov, & Valla, 2007).
Key points
The principal ideas discussed in the article regarding manipulation in the money markets include:
· Manipulation is a potential concern in money markets, particularly when a commercial bank holds a profitable position in which it can gain from may be an increase in interest rates.
· From an operational viewpoint, manipulation can increase volatility to the immediate interest rate thereby complicating the liquidity control of both the central bank and the commercial banks.
· Manipulation can have an impact on the market's confidence during a smooth execution of monetary policy, which will in turn affect the long-term refinancing conditions thereby upsetting the effectiveness of the monetary policy.
· The decision to manipulate a market by a commercial bank is contingent on factors such as the bank's general trading and deposit capacities, its readiness to take premeditated measures in search of profitable frontiers as well as the internal distribution of its risk budget between money markets.
· Competition amongst potential manipulators cannot impede the likelihood of manipulation.
· The immediate reaction by the central bank can help in reducing the volatility in the money markets caused by manipulations.
Reaction to the article
The microstructure model used in the study to show that manipulation can be lucrative for a commercial bank is efficient to illustrate the nature of financial markets. The model implies that investors can benefit from insider information and use it to change the nature of financial markets. In the financial stock market, insider information may lead to trading of stocks between invest ...
Six Principles for True Systemic Risk Reformcoryhelene
Ten years after the capstone of financial industry deregulation--the Financial Modernization, or Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Act--the United States is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The following policy brief outlines six key principles for comprehensive and meaningful systemic risk reform, which are neccessary to undo many of the ill-advised deregulatory measures of the past 20 years, including the four key changes wrought by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Some Calvin Cycle enzymes contain disulfide bonds that must be reduc.pdfindiaartz
Some Calvin Cycle enzymes contain disulfide bonds that must be reduced through a mechanism
involving thioredoxin in order for the enzyme to be active in sunlight. What is the name of the
key regulatory protein that inactivates these same Calvin Cycle enzymes by oxidation when the
sun goes down? Choose the ONE best answer.
Question 10 options:
Thioredoxin requires sunlight for proper folding into its functional three dimensional structure,
so in the absence of light, it is unfolded and cannot reduce these enzymes.
There is no regulatory protein that oxidizes these Calvin Cycle enzymes; oxidation is
spontaneous.
Sunlight is a reducing energy and moonlight is an oxidizing energy, so when the moon comes
out at night, the Calvin Cycle enzymes are oxidized spontaneously.
None of these answers are correct.
The protein is called ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase.
Thioredoxin has multiple light-sensing properties and when the sun goes down it turns into a
strong oxidant.
Thioredoxin requires sunlight for proper folding into its functional three dimensional structure,
so in the absence of light, it is unfolded and cannot reduce these enzymes.
There is no regulatory protein that oxidizes these Calvin Cycle enzymes; oxidation is
spontaneous.
Sunlight is a reducing energy and moonlight is an oxidizing energy, so when the moon comes
out at night, the Calvin Cycle enzymes are oxidized spontaneously.
None of these answers are correct.
The protein is called ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase.
Thioredoxin has multiple light-sensing properties and when the sun goes down it turns into a
strong oxidant.
Solution
Option 4 \" None of these answers are correct.\"
\"Chloroplast thioredoxin systems are crucial components of redox network, mediating
environmental signals to chloroplast proteins. One key protein in calvin cycle regulatory
processes is thioredoxin. The reduced form of thioredoxin activates many biosynthetic enzymes
by reducing disulfide bridges that control their activity and inhibits several degradative enzymes
by the same means. In chloroplasts, oxidized thioredoxin is reduced by ferredoxin in a reaction
catalyzed by ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase. This enzyme contains a 4Fe-4S cluster that
couples two one-electron oxidations of reduced ferredoxin to the two-electron reduction of
thioredoxin. Thus, the activities of the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis are coordinated
through electron transfer from reduced ferredoxin to thioredoxin and then to component enzymes
containing regulatory disulfide bonds. Other means of control of calvin cycle also exist. For
instance, phosphoribulose kinase and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase also are
regulated by NADPH directly. Some plants synthesize a transition-state inhibitor,
carboxyarabinitol-1-phosphate (CA1P), in the dark. In the dark, these enzymes associate with a
small protein called CP12 to form a large complex in which the enzymes are inactivated. RuBP
Carboxylase Activase facilitates release.
Simplify and write the answer with positive exponents Simplify and w.pdfindiaartz
Simplify and write the answer with positive exponents Simplify and write the answer with
positive exponents (4/5)^8(4/5)^-5(4/5)^-4
Solution
(4/5)^8(4/5)^-8(4/5)^-4
we can use the exponent property : a^x*a^y =a^(x+y)
So, (4/5)^8(4/5)^-8(4/5)^-4 = (4/5)^(8-5-4)
= (4/5)^(-1)
use another exponent property .So,
= (4/5)^(-1) = 5/4
=5/4.
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They promote grater economic efficiency by channeling funds from people who do not have a productive use for them to those who do.
Well functioning financial markets are a key factor in producing economic growth, where as, poor functioning financial markets are a major reason many countries in the world remain poor.
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A bond is a debt security (IOU) that promises to make payments periodically for a specified period of time.
The bond market is especially important economic activity because it enables businesses and the government to borrow and finance their activities and because it is where interest rates are determined.
An interest rate is the cost of borrowing money or the price to rent (use someone else’s) funds.
Because different interest rates tend to move in unison, economist frequently lump interest rates together and refer to the “interest rate”.
Interest rates are important on a number of levels:
High interest rates retard borrowing
High interest rates induce saving.
Lower interest rates induce borrowing
Lower Interest rates retard saving
Information Asymmetry and Information costs
Why Financial Intermediaries
In the neo-classical world economists have argued financial intermediaries are not necessary. Savers (investors) could manage their risks through diversification.
The logic rests on the perfect market assumption – that is investors can always through their own borrowing and lending compose their portfolios as they see fit, without costs. In such a world there are no bankruptcy costs.
In such a world if taken to the extreme, perfect and complete markets imply that there is no need for financial institutions to intermediate in the financial (capital markets) as every investor (saver) has complete information and can contract with the market at the same terms as banks. E.g. Information Asymmetry
Why Financial Intermediaries Bonds
A common stock (usually called stock) represents a share of ownership in a corporation.
It is usually a security that is a claim on the earnings and assets of the corporation.
Issuing stock and selling it to the public (called a public offering) is a way for corporations to raise the funds to finance their activities.
The stock market is the most widely followed financial market in almost every country that has one – that is why it is generally called the market – here “Wall Street.”
The stock market is also an important factor in business investment decisions, because the price of shares affects the amount of funds that can be raised by selling newly issued stock to finance investment spending. (Note impact examples..
Systemic Risk in Banking : Systemic risk is the possibility that an event at the company level could trigger severe instability or collapse an entire industry or economy.
Lesson 6 Discussion Forum Discussion assignments will beDioneWang844
Lesson 6 Discussion Forum :
Discussion assignments will be graded based upon the criteria and rubric specified in the Syllabus.
550 Words
For this Discussion Question, complete the following.
1. Review the two articles about bank failures and bank diversification that are found below this. Economic history assures us that the health of the banking industry is directly related to the health of the economy. Moreover, recessions, when combined with banking crisis, will result in longer and deeper recessions versus recessions that do occur with a healthy banking industry.
2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.
3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.
Please post (in APA format) your article citation.
Reply to Post 1: 160 words and Reference
Discussion on Bank’s failures and its diversification
Over the last two decades, business cycle volatility has decreased in the US. For example, some analysts claimed that companies handle inventory better today than ever, or that advances in financial systems have helped smooth industry volatility. Some emphasized stronger economic policy. Banking changes were also drastic in this same era, contributing to the restructuring and convergence of massive, global banking institutions in a better-organized structure. The article (Strahan, 2006) points out that some regulatory reform driven by individual countries rendered it possible for banks to preserve their resources and income by gradually diversifying from local downturns. Both low state volatility rates and a decline in partnerships between the local market and the central banking sector is a net influence on the diversification in banks. Considering the less fragile state economies following these intergovernmental financial reforms, there are some signs that financial convergence – while certainly not the only piece of the puzzle – has been less unpredictable.
Another article (Walter, 2005) argues that a long-standing reason for bank collapses during the crisis is a contagion, which contributes to systemic bank failures and the collapse of one bank initially. This indicates why several losses in the crisis period were unintentional, which ensured that the banks remained stable and endured without contagion-induced falls. The response to the contagion was the central government’s deposit policy, bringing an end to defaults. Nevertheless, since the sequence of errors began in the early 1920s, well before contagion was evident, the underlying trigger must be contagion.
Now it seems like the bank sector has undergone a shake-out that was worsened during the crisis by the deteriorating economic conditions. Although the reality that incidents occurred almost syno ...
Article 1Authors Christian Ewerhart, Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejersk.docxfredharris32
Article 1
Authors: Christian Ewerhart, Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejerskov, Natacha Valla
Title of the article: Manipulation in money markets
Journal Name: International Journal of Central Banking, March 2007
Summary
The article talks about the impact of manipulation in the implementation of the monetary policy. The authors claim that as a result of the impulsive reactions to the fundamental index of interbank interest rates, manipulation has turned out to be a major challenge for the operational enactment of the monetary policy. Therefore, to address the issue, the authors have focused on a microstructure model whereby a commercial bank can have a strategic alternative to the standing facilities of the central bank. They typify equilibrium where market rates are positively manipulated. The findings of the study prove that manipulation can be lucrative for a commercial bank with appropriate ex-ante features. And so, manipulation will continue to be a characteristic of equilibrium albeit stakeholders in the derivatives market create rational prospects regarding potential manipulation. The authors conclude by recognizing that the monetary authority has controlling techniques to fight manipulation and that further vigilance is required to ascertain that there is no operational manipulation (Ewerhart, Cassola, Ejerskov, & Valla, 2007).
Key points
The principal ideas discussed in the article regarding manipulation in the money markets include:
· Manipulation is a potential concern in money markets, particularly when a commercial bank holds a profitable position in which it can gain from may be an increase in interest rates.
· From an operational viewpoint, manipulation can increase volatility to the immediate interest rate thereby complicating the liquidity control of both the central bank and the commercial banks.
· Manipulation can have an impact on the market's confidence during a smooth execution of monetary policy, which will in turn affect the long-term refinancing conditions thereby upsetting the effectiveness of the monetary policy.
· The decision to manipulate a market by a commercial bank is contingent on factors such as the bank's general trading and deposit capacities, its readiness to take premeditated measures in search of profitable frontiers as well as the internal distribution of its risk budget between money markets.
· Competition amongst potential manipulators cannot impede the likelihood of manipulation.
· The immediate reaction by the central bank can help in reducing the volatility in the money markets caused by manipulations.
Reaction to the article
The microstructure model used in the study to show that manipulation can be lucrative for a commercial bank is efficient to illustrate the nature of financial markets. The model implies that investors can benefit from insider information and use it to change the nature of financial markets. In the financial stock market, insider information may lead to trading of stocks between invest ...
Six Principles for True Systemic Risk Reformcoryhelene
Ten years after the capstone of financial industry deregulation--the Financial Modernization, or Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Act--the United States is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The following policy brief outlines six key principles for comprehensive and meaningful systemic risk reform, which are neccessary to undo many of the ill-advised deregulatory measures of the past 20 years, including the four key changes wrought by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Some Calvin Cycle enzymes contain disulfide bonds that must be reduc.pdfindiaartz
Some Calvin Cycle enzymes contain disulfide bonds that must be reduced through a mechanism
involving thioredoxin in order for the enzyme to be active in sunlight. What is the name of the
key regulatory protein that inactivates these same Calvin Cycle enzymes by oxidation when the
sun goes down? Choose the ONE best answer.
Question 10 options:
Thioredoxin requires sunlight for proper folding into its functional three dimensional structure,
so in the absence of light, it is unfolded and cannot reduce these enzymes.
There is no regulatory protein that oxidizes these Calvin Cycle enzymes; oxidation is
spontaneous.
Sunlight is a reducing energy and moonlight is an oxidizing energy, so when the moon comes
out at night, the Calvin Cycle enzymes are oxidized spontaneously.
None of these answers are correct.
The protein is called ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase.
Thioredoxin has multiple light-sensing properties and when the sun goes down it turns into a
strong oxidant.
Thioredoxin requires sunlight for proper folding into its functional three dimensional structure,
so in the absence of light, it is unfolded and cannot reduce these enzymes.
There is no regulatory protein that oxidizes these Calvin Cycle enzymes; oxidation is
spontaneous.
Sunlight is a reducing energy and moonlight is an oxidizing energy, so when the moon comes
out at night, the Calvin Cycle enzymes are oxidized spontaneously.
None of these answers are correct.
The protein is called ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase.
Thioredoxin has multiple light-sensing properties and when the sun goes down it turns into a
strong oxidant.
Solution
Option 4 \" None of these answers are correct.\"
\"Chloroplast thioredoxin systems are crucial components of redox network, mediating
environmental signals to chloroplast proteins. One key protein in calvin cycle regulatory
processes is thioredoxin. The reduced form of thioredoxin activates many biosynthetic enzymes
by reducing disulfide bridges that control their activity and inhibits several degradative enzymes
by the same means. In chloroplasts, oxidized thioredoxin is reduced by ferredoxin in a reaction
catalyzed by ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase. This enzyme contains a 4Fe-4S cluster that
couples two one-electron oxidations of reduced ferredoxin to the two-electron reduction of
thioredoxin. Thus, the activities of the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis are coordinated
through electron transfer from reduced ferredoxin to thioredoxin and then to component enzymes
containing regulatory disulfide bonds. Other means of control of calvin cycle also exist. For
instance, phosphoribulose kinase and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase also are
regulated by NADPH directly. Some plants synthesize a transition-state inhibitor,
carboxyarabinitol-1-phosphate (CA1P), in the dark. In the dark, these enzymes associate with a
small protein called CP12 to form a large complex in which the enzymes are inactivated. RuBP
Carboxylase Activase facilitates release.
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Simplify and write the answer with positive exponents Simplify and write the answer with
positive exponents (4/5)^8(4/5)^-5(4/5)^-4
Solution
(4/5)^8(4/5)^-8(4/5)^-4
we can use the exponent property : a^x*a^y =a^(x+y)
So, (4/5)^8(4/5)^-8(4/5)^-4 = (4/5)^(8-5-4)
= (4/5)^(-1)
use another exponent property .So,
= (4/5)^(-1) = 5/4
=5/4.
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Question 7 (of 20) 7. 1000 poants TB 1301 which of the following analysis techniques d…
Which of the following analysis techniques does notexamines significant sustained changes over
time? O Horizontal analyses O Trend anayses O Vertical analyses O Time-series analyses
Mutiple Choice TB 13-01 Which of the following analyshs techniques d... yses to Recognize
Financial Changes that Unfold
Solution
Answer is Option (3) Vertical Analysis Verical analysis does not used to
examine the changes over time like horizental , trend and time series analysis. In the Veritical
analysis, we take every line item and then calculate the persentage over revenue. This process
helps to compare the financial statements of different companies.
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Problem 12-9A
Condensed financial data of Waterway Industries follow.
Waterway Industries
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31
Assets
2017
2016
$ 114,736
$ 68,728
124,676
53,960
159,750
146,047
40,328
36,920
195,960
154,780
404,700
344,350
(71,000
)
(73,840
)
$969,150
$730,945
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
$ 144,840
$ 95,566
23,430
29,820
156,200
207,320
312,400
248,500
332,280
149,739
$969,150
$730,945
Waterway Industries
Income Statement Data
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
$551,613
$192,353
17,622
66,030
38,738
6,717
10,650
332,110
$ 219,503
Additional information:
Prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method. (Show amounts that decrease cash
flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
Waterway Industries
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31
Assets
2017
2016Cash
$ 114,736
$ 68,728Accounts receivable
124,676
53,960Inventory
159,750
146,047Prepaid expenses
40,328
36,920Long-term investments
195,960
154,780Plant assets
404,700
344,350Accumulated depreciation
(71,000
)
(73,840
)Total
$969,150
$730,945
Liabilities and Stockholders’ EquityAccounts payable
$ 144,840
$ 95,566Accrued expenses payable
23,430
29,820Bonds payable
156,200
207,320Common stock
312,400
248,500Retained earnings
332,280
149,739Total
$969,150
$730,945
Solution
Waterway Industries Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended Amount Cash
flows from operating activities Net Income $219,503 Adjust to reconcile net income to net
cash provided Depreciation expenses $66,030 Loss on disposal of plant assets $10,650
Increase in Accounts receivable -$70,716 Increase in Inventory -$13,703 Increase in
Prepaid expenses -$3,408 Increase in Accounts Payable $49,274 Decrease in accrued
expenses payable -$6,390 Net cash used by operating activities $251,240 Cash flows
from investing activities Cash payment for acquisition of plant assets -$142,000 Sale of
Plant Assets $2,130 Cash payment for acquisition of Long-term investment -$41,180 Net
cash used by investing activities -$181,050 Cash flows from financing activities
Issuance of Common Stock $63,900 Bond Payable matured -$51,120 Payment of Dividends
-$36,962 Net cash provided by financing activities -$24,182 Net decrease in cash
$46,008 Cash at Beginning of Period $68,728 Cash at End of Period $114,736.
Please help me with these 3 questions! True or False. Assortment of .pdfindiaartz
Please help me with these 3 questions! True or False. Assortment of chromosomes and
crossovers together generate new combinations of alleles that differ from the parental
combinations. True False True or False. If two genes are very far apart on the same
chromosome, they can sometimes produce as many recombinants as genes that reside on
different chromosomes. True False Mendel performed a monohybrid cross by crossing two
pure-breeding parental lines, and then crossing the F1 individuals to produce an F2. He predicted
that the F2 would contain a mix of heterozygous (Aa) and homozygous dominant (AA)
individuals. How might his hypothesis be tested? Use the F2 offspring as one parent in a
dihybrid cross Perform testcrosses with each of several of the dominant phenotype F2 offspring
crossed to a homozygous recessive genotype Use F2 offspring as one parent in a trihybrid cross
Perform testcrosses with each of several of the dominant phenotype F2 offspring crossed to a
homozygous dominant genotype None of the above.
Solution
40.
The given statement is true. Independent assortment law is proposed by Mendel states that the
different pairs of alleles are passed to offspring independently of each other resulting in new
combinations of genes in the offspring that are different from parents. Crossing over is another
phenomenon in which homologous chromosomes exchange segments resulting in the formation
of new combination of genes in offspring and are different from parents.
41.
The given statement is true. The genes undergoing independent assortment may produce 50%
recombinants whether the genes are located on nonhomologous chromosomes or genes are
located far apart in a single chromosome.
42.
The result of F1 cross is expected having F2 individuals of both heterozygous and homozygous
dominant individuals is tested by performing test cross between dominant phenotype in F2
offspring with a homozygous recessive genotype. Option 2 is correct..
Performance BudgetingPerformance budgeting has been attempted at t.pdfindiaartz
Performance Budgeting
Performance budgeting has been attempted at the local level in recent years. Address the issues
of performance budgeting while answering the following questions: What attributes of
performance budgeting make it particularly suitable to local government budgeting? Will the
same attributes be as useful at the federal level?
Solution
Performance Budgetingmeasures the activities in terms of output. It shows cost matching with
operation and the focus on decision making and evaluation is on output rather than merely on
expenditure. Performance Budgeting provide a meaningful relationship between estimated inputs
and expected outputs as an integral part of the budgeting system.
Attributes of performance budgeting which make it particularly suitable to local government
budgeting are as follows:-
1) Performance budgeting focuses at establishing a relationship between the inputs and the
outputs.
2) Traditional budgets highlights only the items of expenditure, namely salaries, stores,
materials, rates, rent etc. Whereas Performance budgeting emphasises more on the functions of
organisation, the programmes to discharge these functions and the activities which will be
involved in undertaking these programmes.
3) Performance budgeting facilitate to provide information on what the government is doing and
what it gets for the money spent.
4) Performance budgeting is related to management efficiency especially in the government
affairs.
These all attributes are useful at the federal level..
Many bridges are made from rebar-reinforced concrete composites. Cla.pdfindiaartz
Many bridges are made from rebar-reinforced concrete composites. Classify the composite
system (fiber-reinforced, particulate, laminar, or hybrid), and explain why it is such a ubiquitous
choice of construction.
Solution
Fibers or particles embedded in matrix of another material are the best example of modern-day
composite materials, which are mostly structural. Laminates are composite material where
different layers of materials give them the specific character of a composite material having a
specific function to perform. Fabrics have no matrix to fall back on, but in them, fibers of
different compositions combine to give them a specific character. Reinforcing materials
generally withstand maximum load and serve the desirable properties. Further, though composite
types are often distinguishable from one another, no clear determination can be really made. To
facilitate definition, the accent is often shifted to the levels at which differentiation take place
viz., microscopic or macroscopic. In matrix-based structural composites, the matrix serves two
paramount purposes viz., binding the reinforcement phases in place and deforming to distribute
the stresses among the constituent reinforcement materials under an applied force.
Composite materials are commonly classified at following two distinct levels:
• The first level of classification is usually made with respect to the matrix constituent. The
major composite classes include Organic Matrix Composites (OMCs), Metal Matrix Composites
(MMCs) and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs). The term organic matrix composite is
generally assumed to include two classes of composites, namely Polymer Matrix Composites
(PMCs) and carbon matrix composites commonly referred to as carboncarbon composites.
• The second level of classification refers to the reinforcement form - fibre reinforced
composites, laminar composites and particulate composites. Fibre Reinforced composites (FRP)
can be further divided into those containing discontinuous or continuous fibres.
The role of the reinforcement in a composite material
• Fibre Reinforced Composites are composed of fibres embedded in matrix material. Such a
composite is considered to be a discontinuous fibre or short fibre composite if its properties vary
with fibre length. On the other hand, when the length of the fibre is such that any further increase
in length does not further increase, the elastic modulus of the composite, the composite is
considered to be continuous fibre reinforced. Fibres are small in diameter and when pushed
axially, they bend easily although they have very good tensile properties. These fibres must be
supported to keep individual fibres from bending and buckling.
• Laminar Composites are composed of layers of materials held together by matrix. Sandwich
structures fall under this category.
• Particulate Composites are composed of particles distributed or embedded in a matrix body.
The particles may be flakes or in powder form. Concrete and .
If the cystic fibrosis allele protects against tuberculosis the same .pdfindiaartz
If the cystic fibrosis allele protects against tuberculosis the same way the sickle-cell allele
protects against malaria, then which of the following should be true of a comparison between
regions with and without tuberculosis? Cystic fibrosis deaths should be more common in regions
with tuberculosis. Cystic fibrosis deaths should be less common in regions with tuberculosis.
Cystic fibrosis deaths should be equally common in both types of regions. Regional differences
in the cystic fibrosis death rate should be purely random and unpredictable. A person who is
heterozygous for the cystic fibrosis allele moves to a small, isolated community where no one
previously carried the allele. If the cystic fibrosis allele protects against tuberculosis the same
way the sickle-cell allele protects against malaria, what should happen to the frequency of the
cystic fibrosis allele in the community over time, and why? the cystic fibrosis allele should
disappear from the population, because a single individual with the allele is not enough for it to
proliferate. the cystic fibrosis allele should increase to a relatively high frequency, because
heterozygotes with the allele will be more likely to survive than others. the cystic fibrosis allele
should become fixed in the population, due to genetic drift. the cystic fibrosis allele should either
disappear or increase in frequency, depending on chance as well as on tuberculosis prevalence
and death rate.
Solution
5.8 Cystic fibrosis is a autosomal recessive disease. Cystic fibrosis allele protects against
tuberculosis similar to sickle cell allele protects against Malaria. The cystic fibrosis death rate
cannot be predicted in regions with tuberculosis and regional differences influencing cystic
fibrosis death rate are random. This is because the cystic fibrosis allel frequency depends o
prevalence of tuberculosis. Option 4 is correct.
5.9 The cystic fibrosis allele frequency depends on prevalence of tuberculosis in the given
community. The allele frequency either may increase due to prevalence of tuberculosis or the
allele causing cystic fibrosis may disappear because of frequency of dominant alleles in the
community. Therefore, option 4 is correct..
Match the graph of the sine function to the equation over [-4 Pi. 4 P.pdfindiaartz
Match the graph of the sine function to the equation over [-4 Pi. 4 Pi]
Solution
here vertical shift is 1/2
from the graph
Amplitude = 3/2
period = =pi
phase shift is = -pi/4/pi= -1/4
so we can write Y = Asin(BX+C) + D
where A= amplitude
period = 2pi/B
phase shift = -C/B
vertical shift (D)=1/2
so y = 3/2sin(1/2 x -pi/4) +1/2
so it is option A
you can find answer in other way also
from the graph take some points
option A is the correct answer
plug x =-pi/4 then we get y=-1 and in the graph also y=-1.
location in the stem, function, and Chemical Composition of their Wa.pdfindiaartz
location in the stem, function, and Chemical Composition of their Wall:
-Epidermis
-Periderm
-Xylem
- Phloem
- Parenchyma
- Collenchyma
- Sclerenchyma
Solution
Epidermis-
It is the single layer cell covering which makes the dermal tissue and covers the stem. It is the
outermost layer of the primary plant body.
Function- regulates exchange of gases in plants, prevents the loss of water, and helps in secreting
various metabolic compounds.
Chemical composition- hydrocarbon polymer impregnated with wax and lipids
Periderm-
Periderm is the corky outer layer of the stem. It is the secondary protective dermal tissue which
replaces epidermis during the growth thickness of the stem. Periderm is the multilayer tissue
system.
Function- Protects the stem from pathogen attack an dessication
Chemical composition- polysaccharides, tannins, biopolymers
Xylem-
Xylem is a type of transport tissue located in the vascular bundles.
Function-main function of xylem is to transport water from roots to shoots and leaves along with
some important nutrients.
Chemical composition- hemicelluloses, ligin, cellulose, pectin
Phloem-
Phloem is the living tissue found in the vascular bundles of the plants. It is the innermost layer of
the bark.
Function- the important function is to transport organic compounds formed during the process of
photosynthesis..
If Zn Binomial (n, ) , and n~possion(), find the distribution of Z .pdfindiaartz
If Z|n Binomial (n, ) , and n~possion(), find the distribution of Z .
Is it more or less dispersed than the distribution of Z|n ?
Solution
since we have a binomial distribution with n and pi
and n has a poisson distribution
Z will have a normal distribution with mean = n by landha
it is more dispersed bvecause n depends of landha.
Generativity versus stagnation Early adult transitio.pdfindiaartz
Generativity versus stagnation
Early adult transition
Intimacy versus isolation
Self-awareness transition
Generativity involves a concern for and interest in establishing and guiding the next
generation.
Generativity involves a commitment to improve the life conditions of future generations.
Generativity involves a commitment towards protecting and enhancing the conditions of
one’s society.
All of the above are true.
Socializing versus sexualizing in human relationships
Emotional flexibility versus emotional impoverishment
Culminating life structure versus early adult transition
Valuing wisdom versus valuing physical powers
Sexualizing in human relationships
Valuing physical powers
Emotional impoverishment
Mental flexibility
Early adult transition
Entry life structure for early adulthood
Culminating life structure for early adulthood
Entry life structure for middle adulthoodErikson theorized that after young people develop a
sense of identity, they next face the psychosocial crisis of: (Points : 2)
Solution
Soln:
1) Intimacy versus isolation
2) All of the above are true.
3) Culminating life structure versus early adult transition
4) Mental flexibility
5) Early adult transition
6) Entry life structure for middle adulthood.
Genetics Question 2 In the insect sex determination system, th.pdfindiaartz
Genetics
Question 2 In the insect sex determination system, the are considered the homogametic sex
because they have 2X chromosomes females males
Solution
In insects, mostly the sex determination is of XX-XY type. In this, females are homogametic i.e.
they contain two copies of the same kind of sex chromosomes. Females contain two X
chromosomes. Males are heterogametic i.e. they contain two different kinds of sex
chromosomes. Hence, males contain one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.
Therefore, the correct answer is females..
Explain why malaria infection may lead to anemia. How would you clas.pdfindiaartz
Explain why malaria infection may lead to anemia. How would you classify the anemia that
results?(scientific name for the type of anemia that results)
Solution
Plasmodium falciperum and Plasmodium vivax causes malaria in human and also responsible for
anemia .It is due to increase removal of erythrocyte as well as decreased production of
erythrocytes in the the bone marrow.Anemia is due to the continous removal/ destruction of
erythrocytes in the bone marrow. Parasitie infect RBC and its toxin causes harmful effect to the
erythrocyte. It causes severe anemia in human..
Figure 13.2 of a single pair of homologous chromosomes as they might.pdfindiaartz
Figure 13.2 of a single pair of homologous chromosomes as they might appear during various
stages of either mitosis or meiosis 53) Which diagram(s) represent anaphase II of meiosis? A) II
only B) III only C) IV only D) V only E) either II or V Answer: D What\'s wrong with E?? If III
V VI /1 /N
Solution
It Showing various stages of Meiosis because the stages showing 2 anaphases, crossing over and
chiasma formation
Yaa the answer is D. Anaphase 2 occur in haploid cells, so it contain single chromosome but 2
chromatids. The two chromatids seperate in the Anaphase II. So D is correct.
Every individual produced by sexual reproduction is unique. This is .pdfindiaartz
Every individual produced by sexual reproduction is unique. This is because of… (circle the
TWO correct answers)
a) Independent assortment of chromosomes during meiosis.
b) Independent assortment of chromosomes during mitosis.
c) Recombination occurring in prophase.
d) Separation of chromatids occurring in anaphase 2.
Solution
a. Independent assortment of chromosomes during Meiosis
c. Recombination occuring in prophase.
After sexual reproduction the gametes that unite to form zygote are haploid. Since the haploid
gametes are formed by the reductional divisions of diploid cell, So, The chromosomes that
haploid gamete will carry, will be responsible for the characters inherited to the progeny
Also the recombination that takes place in the prophase, determines the characters or traits
inherited after the crossing over of chromosomes.
Thus these two factors will be most responsible in determining the individuality of the progeny..
Explain to them the probability of future offspring being normal or h.pdfindiaartz
Explain to them the probability of future offspring being normal or having the disease (assume
that this is an autosomal disease). Be sure to tell them whether the disease is brought about by a
dominant or recessive allele and what fraction of their children (if any) could be carriers for the
disease. Be sure to incorporate the following into your explanation: DNA and chromosomes,
genes, dominant and recessive alleles, paired alleles on homologous chromosomes, and
segregation of alleles during gamete production. You can use words and drawings/diagrams.
Sally and Steve are concerned about cystic fibrosis. Neither of them has it, nor do their parents or
grandparents, yet each one has a sibling with cystic fibrosis (Sally\'s sister and Steve\'s brother).
Sally and Steve want to have a second child (the first one, age 4, appears unaffected). Jess and
Jessie want to get married and have children. Unfortunately, they have the same great-
grandmother (not the same great-grandfather). The great-grandmother suffered from polycystic
kidney disease. No other family members suffered from the disease, but they were told
(correctly) that their great-grandmother had passed on the possibility of the disease.
Solution
Ques-1:
Aetiology and Pathophysiology: It is autosomal recessive disease (mode of inheritance), which is
familial. Gene for cystic fibrosis is located on the chromosome 7 & this recessive allele
propogated to the offspring via parental gamete formation by reduction division & problem will
be at segregation of chromosomes. A protein called, CF transmembrane -this gene produces
regulator (CFTR). In case of Pleiotrophy one affects 2 or more apparently not linked phenotypic
traits there by more gene could be affected (cystic fibrosis).
For instance, Sally and Steve are concerned about cystic fibrosis. Neither of them has it, nor do
their parents or grandparents, yet each one has a sibling with cystic fibrosis (Sally\'s sister and
Steve\'s brother) i.e. both Sally & Steve are carriers of the disease. Therefore, 2/3 (67%), of
probability with unaffected child. Sally and Steve want to have a second child but the first child
age-4 has no cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive condition. In the given example, the unaffected parents
will have an affected children Assume that the gene coding for the normal allele is C, and the
gene coding for the cystic fibrosis is c and C is dominant over c. Now, cross between two
heterozygotes will have the offspring with the following genotypes.
Cc* Cc = CC, Cc, Cc, cc (means, 3/4th are unaffected (out of these 2/4 are carriers) and the ¼
are affected -having disease).
C
c
C
CC
Cc
c
Cc
cc
C
c
C
CC
Cc
c
Cc
cc.
explain conceptual questions
variability?
standard devation?
z-scores (include a detailed drawing of a sample z-distribution)?
what is factorial design and why do we use them in psychology?
hypothesis testing( explain the null and alternative hypotheses- which one do we test against in
order to determin hte siginficance, alpha levels, and how probability is used to determin
significance)?
Solution.
Explain the difference between fermentation and respiration in biolo.pdfindiaartz
Explain the difference between fermentation and respiration in biology?
Solution
Fermentation and Respiration are the two widely used processes in biology.
Respiration : It is a biochemical process in which food molecules are broken down by cells of an
organism with the release of carbon dioxide , water and ATP ( energy currency of cells).
Food + oxygen gives carbondioxide + water + ATP.
Types : 1. Aerobic respiration : Occurs in presence of oxygen, performed by eukaryotic cells,
yields 38 ATP molecules and Occurs in both cytosol and mitochondria.
2 : Anaerobic Respiration : Occurs in absence of oxygen, performed by prokaryotic cells, yields
only 2 ATP molecules and Occurs in cytosol only.
Fermentation : Term ist used by Louis Pasteur in 19th century.
It is a metabolic process in which sugar is converted to acids or alcohol.
It occurs in yeast and bacteria and sometimes in muscle cells ( lactic acid fermentation )
Fermentation Occurs when electron transport chain becomes defunct due to lack of final electron
acceptor I,e oxygen.
Difference between Respiration and Fermentation:
1. Respiration uses oxygen as electron acceptor to form ATP while fermentation uses inorganic
donars ( Sulphur) to form ATP.
2. Both the processes convert nutrients from sugars to form ATP but they differ in their
processes and the amount of energy (ATP) produced.
3. Respiration produces 38 ATP molecules while fermentation produces only 2 ATP molecules..
Drag each cell structure to the appropriate bin. If a structure is fo.pdfindiaartz
Drag each cell structure to the appropriate bin. If a structure is found in both plant cells and
animal cells, drag it to the \"both\" bin.
Solution
Plant cell only
Chloroplast, cellulose cell wall, Golgi apparatus,
Animal cells only
Centriole
Both
Mitochondria, Endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, plasma membrane..
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
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Given the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, do you anticipate an.pdf
1. Given the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, do you anticipate any changes to the systems of
fixed exchange rates and forward contracts in the near future? Are the changes you envision
strictly procedural or regulatory, or do you believe that some of these changes will intend to
provide safeguards against ethical lapses or loopholes?
Solution
As a result of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, it showed that the protection companies
and investors have at the time to hedge against exchange rates instability were severely lacking
resulting in billions of dollars in lost wealth globally. Any financial market carries risks for its
users, but the main function of some markets is redistribution of risk. This is exactly what
forward markets and derivative markets do. They are more risky, but at the same time it is where
risks may be reduced or eliminated. Since the emergence of derivatives market, hedging
operations are increasingly performed in the futures and forward markets (due to minor
transaction costs, more expedient transactions, etc). Investors use forwards with a view to
protecting a certain yield level through the transfer of risk to other trade participants. This risk is
undertaken by speculators who take opposite positions from the hedgers and thus make the
market liquid. Hedgers, however, protect themselves by the transfer of risk to other participants
(speculators) against losses, but also reduce the possibility of profit increase.
Financial crises have many common features. In the background real economy, there is usually
the presence of an asset price “bubble” (or asset price inflation, for purists), a corresponding
credit boom, and large capital inflows into that economy (see, for example, Reinhart and Rogoff,
2008). However, these characteristics are necessary, but not sufficient, for a financial crisis to
develop. The severity of the crisis depends crucially on the underlying financial sector’s
exposure to these conditions and, in fact, the overall market’s uncertainty about the financial
sector’s exposure to them. A key role of financial regulation is to put limits on financial
institutions, so as to limit this exposure. While there are many reasons for the relative calm of the
U.S. financial system during the 50 years after the Great Depression, many analysts continue to
give credit to the financial regulation that was enacted at that time.
Given their inherently high leverage and the ease with which the risk-profile of financial assets
can be altered, banks and financial institutions have incentives to take on excessive risks.
Ordinarily, market mechanisms would be expected to price risks correctly and thereby ensure
that risk-taking in the economy is at efficient levels. However, there are two factors that have
impeded such efficient outcomes. First, with the repeal of most protections from the Banking Act
of the 1933, the only remaining protection against risk-shifting is capital requirements. If the
2. guarantees are mispriced, financial firms have an incentive to skirt capital requirements and take
excessive risk. One way of telling the story of the 2007-2009 crisis is that financial institutions
managed to exploit loopholes in the regulatory system and built up large amounts of tail risk on
the economy, particularly tied to residential real estate, with little or no underlying capital. The
second mechanism that induces excessive risk-taking is a failure of corporate governance
involving shareholders and employees. The fact that financial institutions have become large and
increasingly complex and opaque in their activities has weakened external governance that
operates through capital markets (accurate prices), market for corporate control (takeovers) and
boards. Coincident with this, and to some extent a corollary to it, has been the fact that financial
risks at these institutions are now increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few “high
performance” profit/risk centers, which have an incentive to produce short-run imaginary profits
at the expense of long-term risks.
A strict procedural change , might lead to a financial imbalance in the system. Therefore, a
change in the system taking into consideration the effects of it should be incorporated. For
instance, consider India. A significant part of the Indian banking system is still stateowned.
While they are generally considered less efficient and sophisticated than the private sector banks,
public sector banks in India in fact grew in importance during the financial crisis (which for
India could be considered as the year 2008). The reason is simple and somewhat perverse: There
was a “flight to safety” away from private sector banks, which have limited deposit insurance, to
public sector banks, which are 100% government guaranteed (effectively so, as with the GSEs in
the United States). This is because the relevant law (“Bank Nationalization Act“) explicitly
places 100% liability for public sector banks on the government. Hence, when the financial crisis
hit India -- especially in autumn of 2008, by which time the Indian stock market had plummeted
by more than 50% and corporate withdrawals from money market funds threatened a chain of
liquidations from the financial sector -- there was a flight of deposits to state-owned banks.14 In
the period January 1, 2008, through February 24, 2009, the public sector banks’ market
capitalization fell by 20% less than that of the private sector banks. Interestingly, this occurred
even though based on a pre-crisis measure of systemic risk – the Marginal Expected Shortfall
measure15 -- public sector banks were substantially more likely to lose market capitalization
during a market-wide downturn than private sector banks. In addition, within the private sector
banks, those with higher systemic risk suffered more during the economy-wide crisis of 2008 (as
the systemic risk measure would predict), whereas within public sector banks, those with higher
systemic risk in fact performed better! This divergence in behavior of public and private sector
banks is telling and strongly suggests a role of government guarantees in boosting weak public
sector banks at the expense of similar-risk private sector banks. Ways of mitigating risk, without
creating an imbalance and ensuring people's confidence in the financial system is imperative.