The Government of Country Y owns and controls many businesses. "The public sector always produces goods and services more efficiently than privately owned businesses', a Government minister recently said. Other ministers disagree and want to privatize many state-owned businesses. The private sector businesses in Country Y produce 55 per cent of total output - mainly in services such as transport, tourism and finance. The secondary sector of industry produces 35 per cent of total output. a) What is meant by public sector"? [2 marks]

b) Identify two industries in the secondary sector. [2 marks]

Industry 1:
Industry 2:

c) Identify and explain two reasons why the tertiary sector of industry is becoming more important in most economies. [4 marks]

When marietta chooses to only purchase a combination of goods that lie within her budget line, she: is decreasing utility. is maximizing utility. likely has negative savings. must reduce the quantity?

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

What additional information about the numbers used to compute this ratio might be useful in you assess liquidity? (select all that apply) (a) the maturity schedule of current liabilities (b) the average stock price for the industry (c) the average current ratio for the industry (d) the amount of current assets that is concentrated in relatively illiquid inventories