There are several popular non-activist monetary proposals that include the following: a constant money growth rate rule, a predetermined money growth rate rule, the Taylor rule, inflation targeting and nominal GDP targeting. Discuss some of the pros and cons of at least three of these aforementioned monetary policy proposals.

This week we are studying monetary policy. There are two major opinions on what the appropriate monetary policy should be: activists argue that monetary policy should be deliberately used to smooth out the business cycle while non-activists argue against discretionary monetary policy. Discuss some of the reasons why the activists favor intervention and the non-activists do not.

COST & PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS

In order to reduce unit cost, the CEO of ABC Corporation has to decide whether to increase or decrease total production. A marketing analyst has reported the following information about ABC Corporation’s cost and production structure:

1.Use Ordinary Least Squares Method (OLS) to estimate the ABC Corporation’s total cost function; that is, TC =β +βQ;

2. What is ABC Co’s marginal cost?

3. What is ABC Co’s fixed cost?

4. Calculate the scale elasticity at the mean of the data

5. In order to reduce the unit cost would you recommend an increase or a decrease in total production? Why?

What national conditions contribute to the success of economic integration? Please explain

Matters of health policy will be debated for as long as there is health for as long as there is policy. Many of these debates will revolve around cost – the cost of care, who we provide it to, how we allocate it, what opportunity costs we accept, and what resources we utilize. What policy areas do you think we, as a society, need to turn our attention to? How would we do it? What would we need to sacrifice in order to achieve it? Who would need to be involved?

Annette Robinson is a sixty-three-year-old recent widow. Annette is attempting to do some tax and investment planning pertaining to her late husband’s traditional IRA account. She is seeking your advice as to the best course of action. She has informed you that her husband was sixty-nine at the time of his death and had not started taking a RMD.

a.What are the three distribution methods available to Annette?

b.Which method should she choose to maximize tax deferral? Based on the appropriate life expectancy table, how much will her first required distribution be? When will this distribution happen?

c.Which method should she choose to maximize the distribution? Based on the appropriate life expectancy table, how much will her first required distribution be? When would this distribution happen?

d.Which alternative would not have been available had her husband begun his required distributions?

e.If Annette had been younger than age fifty-nine, which alternative would have allowed her to take distributions without incurring a tax penalty?

Please no plagiarism and must be your own work

Describe the financial organizations (Banks/Investment) and the considerations that will influence information security

Define and describe the associated information security policies in a financial organization (e.g. Acceptable Use Policy, Remote Access Policy, Employee Training Policy)

Define and describe the security processes that will be used to implement and enforce this security policy in a financial organization (e.g. Incident Response Process, Risk Assessment Process)

Define and describe the standards that are relevant and will govern the implementation of information security within the financial organization (e.g. NIST, HIPPA).

(a) Let x1 and x2 be normal goods. Graphically, represent the effect of an increase in the price level of x2. Show the Slutsky substitution and income effects on a clearly labelled diagram. (b) On a separate graph, show what would happen if x2 is now a Giffen good. Show the (Slutsky) substitution and income effects clearly and explain which effect outweighs the other. Note: For both parts x1 should be on the x-axis Assume the utility function to be a cobb Douglas function. Please note that you need to draw indifference curves to represent the optimal bundles.

In a closed economy with a government, if Saving is greater than Investment then,

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As the public becomes nervous about the viability of many borowers, the Fed can alleviated some of the panic by:

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If the marginal propensity to consoume is .60 then,

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A law requiring an annually balanced federal budget would tend to:  

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(a) Haris spends all of his income on apples and oranges. He thinks that apples and oranges are perfect substitutes; one apple is just as good as one orange. Apples cost $4 a unit and oranges cost $5 a unit. His income is given by $120 per month. If the price of apples increases to $6 a unit, calculate the (i) Slutsky substitution (ii) Income and (iii) the total effect of a price decrease on the consumption of apples. (b) Now assume that he thinks apples and oranges are perfect complements. Apples cost $4 a unit and oranges cost $5 a unit. His income is given by $120 per month. If the price of apples decreases to $3 a unit, calculate the (i) Slutsky substitution (ii) Income and (iii) the total effect of a price decrease on the consumption of apples.

Suppose that changes in nominal interest rate have a negligible effect on velocity of money. Then, if risk premium of a country increases, what happens to consumption, investment and net exports in short run? How does price level change from short run to new long run? Explain.

The following are costs incurred by a shoe manufacturer. Determine and explain whether each one is a fixed cost or a variable cost or has some element of both.

(a) The cost of leather.

(b) The fee paid to an advertising agency.

(c) Wear and tear on machinery.

(e) Electricity for heating and lighting.

(f) Electricity for running the machines. (

g) Basic minimum wages agreed with the union.

(h) Overtime pay.

Assume that there are only two countries in the world: USA and Brazil, so all international transactions are only between those two countries. The table gives the information regarding international transactions of USA in 2018:

1. Calculate the US trade balance
2. Calculate the US current account balance
3. Calculate the US financial account balance
4. Was the United States a net borrower or a net lender? Explain your answer.
5. Assume that an exchange rate of USD increased from 3.14 Brazilian Reals to 4.62 Brazilian Reals for 1 USD. Explain how this change may affect the US trade balance, current account balance, and the financial account balance.