What actions does the U.S. government take to ensure competition?

f interest rates are rising in an economy, what might the relationship be between savings and investment that is causing this to

aleksklad [387]

Answer: b) Investment demand had been greater than savings

Explanation:

Investment in the economy comes from savings by households also known as Loanable funds. If investment demand is higher than the savings supply this demand will pull the interest rate up due to a lack of loanable funds.

As the interest rates are pulled up, more people will be encouraged to save their money in other to benefit from the higher interest rates thereby increasing the loanable funds in the market.

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3 years ago

Definition of economic costs

VikaD [51]

Answer:

Definition of Economic Costs

Implicit and Explicit Costs:

The wholesale cost for the pianos that Darnell pays the manufacturer Explicit Cost

The salary Darnell could earn if he worked as an accountant Implicit Cost

The wages and utility bills that Darnell pays Explicit Costs

The rental income Darnell could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom Implicit Cost

Complete the following table by determining Darnell's accounting and economic profit of his piano business.

Profit

(Dollars)

Accounting Profit $89,000

Economic Profit $3,000 ($89,000 - 86,000)

If Darnell's goal is to maximize his economic profit, he( should, should not) stay in the piano business because the economic profit he would earn as an accountant would be $__86,000____.

This economic profit includes the rental and salary income that Darnell can earn.

Explanation:

a) Data:

Sales Revenue = $842,000

Cost of goods sold 452,000

Wages & Utilities = 301,000

Opportunity cost of showroom = $38,000

Opportunity cost of employment = $48,000

Total opportunity cost = $86,000

Profit (Dollars)

Sales Revenue = $842,000

Cost of goods sold 452,000

Gross profit $390,000

Wages & Utilities = 301,000

Net Income $89,000

Opportunity cost of showroom = $38,000

Opportunity cost of employment = $48,000

Total opportunity cost = $86,000

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3 years ago

Which statement is not true about the minimum wage?

Kobotan [32]

Owners are not required to pay it to foreign works is incorrect option

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3 years ago

Davis Florist has two employees, Anita and Jerome, and two tasks that need to be completed, floral arrangements and floral deliv

OlgaM077 [116]

Answer:

Davis Florist

a. (Anita, Jerome) __Jerome____ absolute advantage in floral arrangements. __Jerome____ (Anita, Jerome) has an absolute advantage in deliveries.

b. Anita’s opportunity cost of making one floral arrangement is ___0.75__

( 1.33, 0.75, .33, 3) deliveries. Anita’s opportunity cost of making one delivery is __1.33_ (1.33, 0.75, .33, 3) floral arrangements.

c. Jerome’s opportunity cost of making one floral arrangement is ___0.33__(.75,3,1.33..33) deliveries. Jerome’s opportunity cost of making one delivery is 3 (3, 1.33, .75, .33) floral arrangements.

d. (Jerome, Anita)_Jerome____ has a comparative advantage in floral arrangements. (Jerome, Anita)__Anita___ has a comparative advantage in deliveries.

e. Suppose that, initially, both Jerome and Anita spend four hours each day doing floral arrangements and two hours each day doing deliveries. Now suppose they change their tasks, so that each individual does nothing but the task in which she or he has a comparative advantage. How many more floral arrangements and deliveries could they produce each day?

____4_____ additional floral arrangements

____5____ additional deliveries

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Time it takes Anita to finish one floral arrangement = 30 minutes

Time it takes Anita to make a delivery = 40 minutes

Time it takes Jerome to finish one floral arrangement = 10 minutes

Time it takes Jerome to make a delivery = 30 minutes

b) Absolute Advantage: Jerome will finish 3 floral arrangements (30/10), whereas Anita can only finish 1 in 30 minutes.

c) Anita's opportunity cost is the time it will take her to make a delivery using the same time it takes her to finish one floral arrangement. In 30 minutes time, she can only make (30/40) 0.75 deliveries. Using 40 minutes of making a delivery, she can finish 1.33 (40/30) floral arrangements.

d) Anita's comparative advantage in making deliveries is based on her opportunity cost when compared with Jerome's opportunity cost of making deliveries.

Floral Delivery Total hours

Arrangement

e) Total time spent by

Anita 4 hrs 2 hrs 6 hrs

Jerome 4 hrs 2 hrs 6 hrs

Anita Jerome Total

Number of floral arrangements 8 (240/30) 24 (240/10) 32

Number of deliveries 3 (120/40) 4 (120/30) 7

Anita Jerome

Number of floral arrangements 0 36 (360/10) 36

Number of deliveries 12 (360/30) 0 12

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3 years ago

If assets equal $95,000 and liabilities equal $40,000, then owners’equity equals _____.

Fudgin [204]

45 000 долл, это равенство владельцев.

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4 years ago