The following data are given for Bahia Company: Budgeted production 1,000 units Actual production 980 units Materials: Standard price per pound $2.00 Standard pounds per completed unit 12 Actual pounds purchased and used in production 11,800 Actual price paid for materials $23,000 Labor: Standard hourly labor rate $14.00 per hour Standard hours allowed per completed unit 4.5 Actual labor hours worked 4,560 Actual total labor costs $62,928 Overhead: Actual and budgeted fixed overhead $27,000 Standard variable overhead rate $3.50 per standard direct labor hour Actual variable overhead costs $15,500 Overhead is applied on standard labor hours. The fixed factory overhead volume variance is a.$65 unfavorable> b.$540 unfavorable c.$65favorable d.$540 favorable

Suppose an economist believes that the price level in the economy is directly related to the money supply, or the amount of money circulating in the economy. the economist proposes the following relationship: p=a x m - p=price level - m=money supply - a=a composite of other factors, including real gdp, that change very slowly over time. how might an economist gather empirical data to test the proposed relationship between money and the price level? an economist would persuade the federal reserve to change the money supply to various levels, and observe the resulting changes in the price level. unlike researchers in the hard sciences, economists cannot study complex relationships using data. economists do not usually develop theoretical models of the economy but only analyze summary statistics about the current state of the economy. an economist would look for data on past changes in the money supply, and note the resulting changes in the price level

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.