Would you prefer independent or dependent central bank? Why? What is the role o

Would you prefer independent or dependent central bank? Why?
What is the role of the central bank on the financial system? What policies they implement, how would be implemented and their effects on the financial system. When the central bank should implement those policies?
Contractionary monetary policies in Saudi Arabia last for more than one year and expected to last further (but with slower increase in interest rate); how should financial institution react to this?

Weekly Discussion

This assignment applies time value of money concepts to a realistic setting requiring TVM calculations. The course resources will show you the TVM Formulas which gives you a good base of knowledge to know how to interpret/apply the calculations to the data. BUT, I encourage you to use either the Excel functions or better, a financial calculator or specific apps to complete your calculations.
IMPORTANT: You must show your calculations in order to earn credit. 1) the formula then the data in the formula and the calculation, the excel function inputs, the financial calculator inputs or the app inputs.
Every TVM problem will solve for one of these variables:
N=number of periods (years, months, days)
PMT=periodic payments
FV=future value
PV=present value
I/yr or rate=interest/discount rate
You need to show the inputs for each variable. The challenge of all TVM problems is the ability to interpret the data.
Read the case/scenario below and answer all of the questions. Also, respond to two of your peers about the concepts of TVM rather than the answers.
Before there was Paris Hilton, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan – a Gilded Age heiress and socialite, renowned for her beauty and wealth. Now Ms. Balsan’s onetime Hamptons home is slated to hit the market priced at $28 million with Tim Davis of the Corcoran Group.
Located on Ox Pasture Road in Southampton, the shingle-style home was built around 1900 and is known as “Gardenside” or “Cara-Mia”. Ms. Balsan, the great-granddaughter of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, owned the house until her death in 1964.
According to public records, the estate is owned by Robert G. Goldstein, executive vice president and president of global gaming operations at Las Vegas Sands Corp, and his wife Sheryl, who purchased the house in 2007 for $17.4 million. (The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2014)
NOTE: All periods are at the end of the particular year and the end date is 2014, the year the article was published.
Calculate the annual compound growth rate of the house price during the period when the house was owned by Robert G. Goldstein (since 2007). (Round the number of years to the whole number).
Assume that the growth rate you calculated in question #1 remains the same for the next 20 years. Calculate the price of the house in 20 years.
Assume the growth rate that you calculated in #1 prevailed since 1900. Calculate the price of the house in 1900.
Assume the growth rate that you calculated in #1 prevailed since 1900. Which price was paid for the house in 1964?
You were using the time value of money concept to answer the question #3. What is the time point 0 is this problem?
Please organize your answers, if you use a financial calculator or app, for example:
1. The annual compound growth (interest) rate during the period when the house was owned by Goldstein (2007).
N =
PMT =
PV =
FV =
I/YR (growth rate, interest rate, discount rate)=
NOTE: It is impossible to answer discussion topics without using sources to support your answers including the text/course material and external sources. The sources should be APA formatted and listed as references and you should use in-text citations in your answers, where appropriate.
No official APA format for citing online classroom materials exists, this information is the standard format formulated by UMGC for all students to use when citing such documents.
Please use the following link for specific information about APA 7th Citation Examples: Online Classroom Materials: https://libguides.umgc.edu/c.php?g=1003870&p=7270668
See the specific examples for the following:
Document in a UMGC online classroom
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Krista’s Legal Plan

For your final summative assignment, you complete the legal section of a business plan for Scooter’s Coffee Franchise. Include the following:
A defense for the form of business entity for the company you’ve chosen, the number of owners, and other factors.
An explanation of liability with federal, state, and local taxes and how you will protect the business and yourself (if sole proprietor).
An explanation of any patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and IP.
An explanation of any contracts that will be needed.
An explanation of how you will comply with insurance required by law–social security, unemployment, and worker’s compensation.
An explanation of how you will protect the business again the four general categories of insurance–property, liability, earnings, and health/disability/life.

Minimum 5 pages
Minimum 2 sources
Business Professional format

Unit 4 Journal (Finance)

Think about a few personal projects you have been involved with in the last year or so. A project could be anything from planning a vacation, building a patio deck, or even mowing the grass or painting a room. Reflect on the capital budgeting you had to do in order to complete these projects. What types of projects required the least detailed and the most detailed analysis?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Problem solving

The Company that I chose is A1 Telekom Austria which is required for the question. I provided the annual report for it and also the excel files that you may need. Also, please show the information/calculation in Excel so I can understand and follow the steps