Choose three economic indicators one of each type (leading, lagging, and coincident). Define the measure, explain the timing and source of reporting, provide current measure and trend over the last year.

PART 1 1. Choose three economic indicators one of each type (leading, lagging, and coincident). Define the measure, explain the timing and source of reporting, provide current measure and trend over the last year. 2. Which financial statement shows the amount of bonds and money market instruments a company has issued or invested in? 3. In most current financial statement from question #2 - what are the dollar amounts of bonds and money market securities that Amazon has issued? How much has Amazon invested in money marked securities? PART 2 Find out which bonds Amazon has outstanding and share info about five of these bond issues based on info in the annual report. Info should include: Issue Date, Issue Size, Initial Term, Remaining Term, and Coupon rate. What is the approximate size of the Bond Market and the Money Markets? For comparison, how large is the equity market? What are reasons for the significant difference? PART 3 1. Let's think about factors that can influence each of these components, give at least one factor that affects each of the following: a. Risk free rate b. Inflation premium c. Default risk premium d. Liquidity premium e. Maturity risk premium 2. How does collateral affect the interest rate on a bond? How does subordination affect the interest rate on a bond too? 3. Which financial statement is used to determine outstanding debt (bonds)? What bond issues does Amazon have outstanding (from annual report details)? Provide characteristics, features, and provisions of different bond issues from Amazon . 4. What are the primary bond categories and how do they differ?