A newly independent Eastern European nation wants to adopt a floating exchange rate system in order to restore monetary control to its government. Using the monetary autonomy argument, how do this country's ministers justify establishing this system? Trade deficits are determined by the balance between savings and investment in a country, not by the external value of its currency. Unpredictability of exchange rate movements makes business planning difficult. Speculation in exchange rates dampens the growth of international trade and investment. Each country should be allowed to choose its own inflation rate. Variable exchange rates are more receptive to a trade balance.

Which of the following is most likely to lead to a general decrease in wages? a. elastic demand b. public goods c. an economic recovery d. immigration 2b2t

Given the following information about the closed economy of brittania, what is the level of investment spending and private savings, and what is the budget balance? assume there are no government transfers. gdp=$1180.00 million =$510.00 million =$380.00 million =$280.00 million

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?