Using the data in the above table, the labor force is ________ million

The price of a coupon bond is determined by taking the present value of:

A. all of the bond's payments. B. the coupon payments and adding this to the face value. C. the bond's final payment and subtracting the coupon payments. D. the bond's final payment.

Which of the following provides young people with a strong incentive to make regular payments into a retirement program and invest these funds in a diverse set of stocks?

A) The prices of stocks tend to fluctuate more than the prices of bonds. B) When held over lengthy periods like 30 or 40 years, historically the rate of return on stocks has been both higher and less variable than that of bonds. C) Over short periods of time, variation in the real rate of return of stocks is greater than bonds. D) Lower interest rates will lead to higher