Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,350,000 in assets.

Temporary current assets	$1,170,000
Permanent current assets	1,840,000
Capital assets	2,340,000
Total assets	$5,350,000

Short-term rates are 4 percent. Long-term rates are 6.5 percent. (Note that longterm rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,130,000. The tax rate is 40 percent. Assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 14 percent and long-term rates 10 percentage points lower than short-term rates.

If long-term financing is perfectly matched (hedged) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings be after taxes?

Earning after taxes _ $