The same thing the person above me said:)
Answer:
There are several perks or troubles that Costco business faces.
Explanation:
The first of these perks is the intense competition from other large retailers like Walmart, Target, or Best Buy. While Costco does have a niche: it tends to sell higher quality poducts for a slightly higher price, the competition is nevertheless stiff because that niche does not apply for all product lines that are sold.
The second perk is also competition, from online retailers, especially Amazon, which is larger than any traditional retailer, but also from a myriad of smaller retailers that emerge constantly in the online market, since the internet provides very few barriers to entry for new competitors.
Finally, the third peak is consumer preferences, and that is because consumers are constantly changing their tastes and preferences, especially in developed countries like the U.S. This means that Costco has to constantly adapt to new product lines, and discard other lines.
Answer:
She lost $754.05.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Liz Mulig earns 52,000 per year as a philosophy professor. She receives a raise of 2.5% in a year in which CPI increases by 3.8%.
<u>The rise in her salary allows her to increase her purchasing power. On the contrary, inflation decreases purchasing power. We need to calculate the differences between both effects and determine whether she can buy more or less.</u>
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Increase in salary= 52,000*1.025= $53,300
Inflation effect= 52,000/(1-0.038)= $54,054.05
To maintain her purchasing power, now, she needs to earn $54,054.05.
She lost $754.05.
Answer:
Ten pounds of chicken to trade for at least <u>40</u> pounds of vegetables but not more than<u> 50</u> pounds of vegetables
Explanation:
Vegetables Chicken Trade Off Ratio
John 40 10 4:1 (40/10) or 1:0.25 (10/40)
George 25 5 5:1 (25/5) or 1:0.20 (5/25)
John has comparative advantage in Chicken and George has comparative advantage in Veggies because :
- John's chicken opportunity cost, in veggies < George (4<5). George's veggies opportunity cost, in chicken < John (0.20<0.25).
- George is more (5X) productive in veggies than chicken, than John (4X). John is less unproductive in chicken than veggies (1/4th), compared to George (1/5th).
So, John will sell Chicken to George & George will sell veggies to John. Gains from trade are when each get trade ratio better than their their own trade off ratio.
- It implies: John gets >' 4 pounds veggies per chicken pound' and George gets > '0.20 pound chicken per veggie pound'.
- Unitary method:- '1chicken : 4veggies' = '10chickens : 40veggies' and '0.20chicken : 1veggie' = '10chickens : 50 veggies' .
Answer:
The conclusion we can draw is that businesses invest heavily on capital expenditures for future growth.
Explanation:
The equation of exchange is: M × V = P × Q, where:
M: the money supply
V: the velocity of money
P: the general price level
Q: the expenditures
Because V increase while P (no real growth in the economy mean the velocity of money is stable) and P are unchanged, Q must increase too. The increase is usually on capital expenditures.
