Determine if the following statements are true or false. an increase in government spending can crowd out private investment. an improvement in the budget balance increases the demand for financial capital. an increase in private consumption may crowd out private investment. lower interest rates can lead to private investment being crowded out. a trade balance in surplus increases the supply of financial capital. if private savings is equal to private investment, then there is neither a budget surplus nor a budget deficit.

Yael decides that she no longer enjoys her job, and she quits to open a gluten-free, dairy-free kosher bakery. she pays a monthly rent for her store of $2,000. her labor costs for one month are $4,500, and she spends $6,000 a month on nut flours, sugar, and other supplies. yael was earning $2,500 a month working as a bank teller. these are her only costs. her monthly revenue is $14,000. which of the following statements about yael’s costs and profit are correct? correct answer(s) an accountant would say she is earning a monthly profit of $1,500. her implicit costs are $2,500 a month. an economist would tell her that she is experiencing a loss. her total costs are $12,500 a month. her explicit costs include the labor, rent, and supplies for her store. her economic profit is $1,500 a month.

< back to assignment attempts: 1 1 keep the highest: 1 / 2 2. determining opportunity cost juanita is deciding whether to buy a suit that she wants, as well as where to buy it. three stores carry the same suit, but it is more convenient for juanita to get to some stores than others. for example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $102 for the suit: store travel time each way price of a suit (minutes) (dollars per suit) local department store 15 102 across town 30 88 neighboring city 60 65 juanita makes $42 an hour at work. she has to take time off work to purchase her suit, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. assume that returning to work takes juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. as you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling. complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of juanita's time and the total cost of shopping at each location. store opportunity cost of time price of a suit total cost (dollars) (dollars per suit) (dollars) local department store 102 across town 88 neighboring city 65 assume that juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the suit into consideration when she shops. juanita will minimize the cost of the suit if she buys it from the . grade it now save & continue continue without saving

Who is not spending wisely? erika goes shopping and saves her receipts. she totals how much she spent and writes it down. mia needs to buy a new pair of shoes because she joined the soccer team. she looks at newspaper ads to find the best price. lauren has been thinking about getting a puppy for a long time. she walks by the pet store at the mall and decides to get a puppy. erin makes a purchase online using a credit card. she knows that she can pay the entire bill when it arrives.