Historically, the largest increase in the US federal tax revenues-to-GDP ratio was in the period:
1905 to 1910
1910 to 1930
1930 to 1945
1946 to 1970
1970 to 1999
2000 to 2015
From 1930 to 1945. 1930 was the period when great depression started hence the tax to gdp ratio declined drastically but after the depression was over tax to gdp ratio increased very high.
Historically, the largest increase in the US federal tax revenues-to-GDP ratio was in the period: 1905...
Table 12.1 (below)TABLE 12.1 Year-to-Year Total Returns: 1926–2019YearLarge-Company StocksLong-Term Government BondsU.S. Treasury BillsConsumer Price Index192611.62%7.77%3.27%–1.49%192737.498.933.12–2.08192843.61.103.56–.971929–8.423.424.75.201930–24.904.662.41–6.031931–43.34–5.311.07–9.521932–8.1916.84.96–10.30193353.99–.07.30.511934–1.4410.03.162.03193547.674.98.172.99193633.927.52.181.211937–35.03.23.313.10193831.125.53–.02–2.781939–.415.94.02–.481940–9.786.09.00.961941–11.59.93.069.72194220.343.22.279.29194325.902.08.353.16194419.752.81.332.11194536.4410.73.332.251946–8.07–.10.3518.1619475.71–2.62.509.0119485.503.40.812.71194918.796.451.10–1.80195031.71.061.205.79195124.02–3.931.495.87195218.371.161.66.881953–.993.641.82.62195452.627.19.86–.50195531.56–1.291.57.3719566.56–5.592.462.861957–10.787.463.143.02195843.36–6.091.541.76195911.96–2.262.951.501960.4713.782.661.48196126.89.972.13.671962–8.736.892.731.22196322.801.213.121.65196416.483.513.541.19196512.45.713.931.921966–10.063.654.763.35196723.98–9.184.213.04196811.06–.265.214.721969–8.50–5.076.586.1119703.8612.116.525.49197114.3013.234.393.36197219.005.693.843.411973–14.69–1.116.938.801974–26.474.358.0012.20197537.239.205.807.01197623.9316.755.084.811977–7.16–.695.126.7719786.57–1.187.189.03197918.61–1.2310.3813.31198032.50–3.9511.2412.401981–4.921.8614.718.94198221.5540.3610.543.87198322.56.658.803.8019846.2715.489.853.95198531.7330.977.723.77198618.6724.536.161.1319875.25–2.715.474.41198816.619.676.354.42198931.6918.118.374.651990–3.106.187.816.11199130.4719.305.603.0619927.628.053.512.90199310.0818.242.902.7519941.32–7.773.902.67199537.5831.675.602.54199622.96–.935.213.32199733.3615.855.261.70199828.5813.064.861.61199921.04–8.964.682.682000–9.1021.485.893.392001–11.893.703.831.552002–22.1017.841.652.38200328.681.451.021.88200410.888.511.203.2620054.917.812.983.42200615.791.194.802.5420075.499.884.664.082008–37.0025.871.60.09200926.46–14.90.102.72201015.0610.14.121.5020112.1127.10.042.96201216.003.43.061.74201332.39–12.78.021.51201413.6924.71.02.7620151.38–.65.02.73201611.961.75.202.07201721.836.24.802.112018–4.38–.571.811.91201931.4912.162.142.29Questions:a.Calculate the arithmetic average returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)b.Calculate the standard deviation of the returns for large-company stocks and T-bills over this period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)c-1.Calculate the observed risk premium...
Problem: The average annual water level of Lake Michigan since 1860 has been provided in the file “LMWL.txt”. The file is formatted so that the first column is the year and the second column is the average water level in feet above sea level for that year. Write a program to obtain the following information: What year had the lowest average water level, and what was the level (in feet)? What has the average water level of Lake Michigan been,...
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