Incomplete question. I answered from a general economic standpoint.
Answer:
<u>stay the same; decrease</u>
Explanation:
<em>Remember</em>, in this scenario, it wasn't as though the mentioned workers lost their jobs, they only had their hours reduced by their employers; so they are not <u>unemployed</u>. This, therefore, implies that the unemployment rate will stay the same.
The labor force participation rate in simple words refers to the percentage of those who are currently employed or looking for a job within an economy. If the working hours are reduced, it may diminish the zeal among the workforce of an economy to work or find work because <u>they may perceive they''ll earn less.</u>
Answer:
b. works better at correcting inflationary gaps than recessionary gaps.
Explanation:
The self correcting mechanism is a automatic process in which the aggregate market eliminates an inflationary gap created by a short-run equilibrium that is greater than full employment through increases in wages and other resource prices.
Answer:
C) Expense $23,000 for 2018.
Explanation:
Iris owns and operates TV rental outlets, so all the expenses she makes while investigating possible purchases of related businesses (other TV rental outlets) can be deducted from her income. This deductions can be made regardless of whether Iris ended up purchasing the new stores or not.
Answer:
expected return is 18%
volatility of the portfolio 13.23
%
Explanation:
Your Investment: $ 10,000
Invest $ 20,000 in Google, Google's expected return is 15 %
Sell $ 10,000 worth of Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!'s expected return is 12 %
=> The weight of your portfolio is 2 for the Google stock, and -1 for the Yahoo stock. The negative sign for the Yahoo stock indicates a short position in the stock. The expected return is the weighted average of the returns on the two stocks:
- 2 * 15% + (-1) * 12% = 18%
The volatility of the portfolio is:
= 13.23
%
