Lake incorporated purchased all of the outstanding stock of huron company paying $950,000 cash. lake assumed all of the liabilities of huron. book values and fair values of acquired assets and liabilities were: book value fair valuecurrent assets (net) $130,000 $125,000property, plant, equip. (net) 600,000 750,000liabilities 150,000 175,000lake would record goodwill of: a. $ 0.b. $ 75,000.c. $445,000.d. $250,000.

d. $250,000.

Explanation:

In order to calculate the expense of the goodwill, we must first calculate the net asset's fair value shown below:

The fair value of net asset = The fair market value of total assets - the fair market value of liabilities

= $125,000 + $750,000 - $175,000

= $700,000

And, the purchase value of all outstanding stocks is $950,000

So, the goodwill would be  

= $950,000 - $700,000

= $250,000

Setting interest rates and acting as a lender to banks

Explanation: The Fed or the Federal reserve is a central banking authority in any nation. It is responsible for maintaining the money supply in the economy. Some of the functions performed by the central bank are,

a. Setting interest rates and acting as a lender to banks

b. Print currency notes and coins

c. Setting the repo and the reverse repo rates

d. Clearing inter bank payments.
Therefore, the correct option is Setting interest rates and acting as a lender to banks.