Answer:
1) Household consumption, which accounts for about <u>68%*</u> of the economy, grew at a 4.2% annualized rate during the second quarter of 2016.
*Data obtained from federal government sources.
2) Since household/consumer spending (consumption) represents almost 70% of the nation's GDP, any change will cause a major change in the total GDP. E.g. if consumption increases by 5%, then the whole economy will grow by 5% x 68% = 3.4%.
Complete Question:
A. According to census data, the percentage of Southville's population that lives in rural areas has gradually been shrinking.
B. The standards for obtaining a mortgage loan in Southville have been more stringent compared to many other countries.
C. Prior to the crisis, the prices of existing homes also increased in proportion to the prices of new homes in Southville.
D. A large proportion of home buyers in Southville were individuals who already owned one or more houses.
E. The inflation-adjusted real wage in the construction industry increased by 10 percent prior to the crisis.
Answer and Explanation:
Options A and D would weaken Bob's argument. The reason why option A would weaken Bob's argument would be because Bob said that the population is increasing whereas the according to the census data, the population has gradually been shrinking.
The reason for option D is that the individuals who already owned houses were buying new houses. So what was the need for them to buy additional new houses?
Answer:
C seems the most reasonable
Answer: Posters promoting good security behavior and designated mailing list.
Explanation:
One of the ways to create awareness in people's mind is by posting images, writings on walls and boards for their veiwing, when this is done over a period of time, they get conformed in their minds to adjust to what they've been seeing, another way is by designated emails, especially coming from the organization, through this emails, they can give their suggestions and complains also on what they feel or want to be done in the organization.
Answer:
Explanation:
First, convert the basis points to a percentage or decimal;
1 basis point = 0.01% or 0.0001 as a decimal
Then 443 basis points as a decimal will be;
443 *0.0001 = 0.0443 or 4.43% as a percentage
Next, since the BB bond is 4.43% above the U.S. Treasury yield of 2.76%, find the Yield to maturity(YTM) by adding the 4.43% to the 2.76%;
YTM = 2.76% + 4.43%
YTM = 7.19%
