Answer:
The answer is: decrease government spending or increase tax rates.
Explanation:
Nominal GDP is currently $170 billions (= $100 billions + $40 billions + $20 billions + $10 billions).
Since full employment GDP = $120 billions, the nominal GDP is much higher ($170 billions > $120 billions). So the government must try to cool the economy and the two main ways it can do it is by reducing government spending or by raising taxes which will lower private consumption.
Answer: c. 3%
Explanation:
The Insurance company guaranteed that the minimum rate that they will pay their policyholders as 3%. Just because the investments are now drawing only 2.5% due to the economic downtown does not absolve them of this agreement.
They must therefore still pay their policy holders the minimum return guaranteed which is 3%.
Answer: $297,353.33
Explanation:
In calculating the Opportunity Cost of using that space with the available data, the following formula can be used (notice that APR is a yearly figure and the rent is monthly),
Opportunity cost = Rent per month *12* (1-tax rate) / APR
= $3,431.00 * 12 * ( 1 - 0.35) / 0.09
= 297353.333333
= $297,353.33
$297,353.33 is the opportunity cost of using this space.
Note the method used above is the faster method but if you want to use the other method, first you change the rent to a monthly figure. Then you divide it by the cost of capital to get the present value. Then you multiply by the After tax rate of (1 - tax rate). It's basically the same as the above though.
Answer:
The correct option is A, Samantha weed and Adam will rake because these are the goods each has a comparative advantage in.
Explanation:
The opportunity formula comes handy in this case, which is given below:
opportunity cost formula=what one sacrifices/what one gains
If Samantha were to weed flower beds, opportunity cost is computed thus:
Opportunity cost of Samantha weeding flower beds=8/4= 2 bags of leaves raked
The opportunity of Adam weeding flower beds=25/5 =5 bags of leaves raked.
In a nutshell ,if Samantha weeds flowers they would lose 2 bags of leaves raked while if Adam were to do so same, they would lose 5 bags of leaves raked, conclusively Samantha should weed flower beds since she has lower opportunity, higher comparative advantage
