The opportunity cost of making a component part in a factory with excess capacity for which there is no alternative use is: the variable manufacturing cost of the component. zero. the total manufacturing cost of the component. the fixed manufacturing cost of the component.

Gif the federal reserve did not regulate fiscal policy, monitor banks and provide services for banks, what would most likely be the economic conditions to transact business in the u.s.? the economy would primarily be based on a barter system rather than a fiat system. there would be no discrimination in lending by local banks. the economy would be less efficient and transactions most likely more costly.