Answer: Option A
Explanation:
In Europe during the recession the policy rate of the banks like LIBOR and EURIBOR etc were already very close to zero so unlike United states of america they were not able to decrease the rate further. The monetary policy of Europian banks and authorities saw a major failure in that period.
Answer:
The consumer price index is a systematic calculation used to estimate price increases in a basket of goods and services that are indicative of consumption expenditure in the economy.
Explanation:
The Consumer Price Index refers to a metric used to determine the weighted average price of a set of consumer goods and services, such as food, transportation, and healthcare. CPI is accountable for monitoring the change in retail prices of fundamental and everyday goods and services purchased by households across the world. Changes in the CPI are required to measure increases in the price of living. The CPI is one of the most commonly used indicators for the detection of inflation or deflation cycles.
Answer:
None of the fixed costs are avoidable. Therefore the company now loses all the fixed costs and the positive contribution margin.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Wood Aluminum Hard Rubber
Total Sales $65000
Variable expenses (58000)
Contribution margin 7000
Fixed expenses (22000)
Net income (loss) (15000)
Effect on income= -22,000 - 7,000= -29,000
None of the fixed costs are avoidable. Therefore the company now loses all the fixed costs and the positive contribution margin.
Answer:
(a). A worker at a Sony plant in Japan buys some Georgia peaches from an American farmer.
-<u> Increase in exports while no change in imports</u>.
(b). The Sony pension fund buys a bond from the U.S. Treasury.
- <u>Decrease in a net outflow of capital. Thus, it would be considered as a negative inflow/outflow</u>.
(c). An American investor buys a controlling share in a South Korean electronics firm.
- <u>Increase in Net Capital outflow for the U.S</u>.
Explanation:
Exports are described as the selling of domestic goods to a foreign country while Imports are characterized as the process of bringing in foreign goods to the domestic country. And Capital outflow is defined as the exact flow of funds from domestic to foreign and foreign to the domestic country.
In the first case, the purchase reflects a rise in exports as the domestic product is sold to the foreign country. In the second situation, the net outflow of the capital would decreases as it demonstrates a foreign purchase of a domestic asset. In the third example, the American investors' purchase of a South Korean firm demonstrates a domestic purchase of a foreign asset and thus, the net capital outflow would rise.
Number 1 = decrease
number 2= have an ambiguous change
