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37. Mavis Corporation has an agreement with its workers to index completely the wage of its employees to the CPI. Mavis currently pays its production line workers $7.50 an hour and is scheduled to index their wages today. If the CPI is currently about 130 and was 120 a year ago, Mavis should increase the hourly wages of its workers by about...
38. Thomas earned a salary of $50,000 in 2001 and $70,000 in 2006. The consumer price index was 177 for 2001 and 265.5 for 2006. Thomas’s 2001 salary in 2006 dollars is...
39. Suppose the CPI was 95 in 1955, and suppose currently the CPI is 475. According to the CPI, $100 today purchases the same amount of goods and services as...
40. Suppose that twenty-five years ago a country had nominal GDP of $1,000, a GDP deflator of 200, and a population of 100. Today it has nominal GDP of $3,000, a GDP deflator of 400, and population of 150. What happened to the real GDP per person?
41. Assume the consumer price index was 225 in 2006 and 234 in 2007. The nominal interest rate during this period was 6.5 percent. What was the real interest rate during this period?
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1. Read “The Selection of Social Media Channels” and complete the activity “’How to Choose the Best Social Media Site for Your Business’”
READING “HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST SOCIAL MEDIA SITE FOR YOUR BUSINESS”
1. Using your own knowledge, identify whether you think Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Consumer (B2C) is the main user of each of the following social media channels when it comes to marketing.
2. Read the article from Inc. Magazine: “How to Choose the Best Social Media Site for Your Business”. Your instructor will provide you with the link.
According to author Michelle Manafy, what kinds of businesses should use each of the following social media marketing channels?
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3. Recall the businesses you looked at in “Activity: Sizing up the Competition.” Are there any social media channels you think those businesses aren’t utilizing, but should be? Justify your response by referencing points made by the Inc. Magazine article.
After consulting these resources, select three social media channels that you think might work well for marketing your business. State why you think these channels are your top three choices.
4. As you proceed through the textbook, you will learn about various social media channels, who they reach, and how they are used for advertising purposes. Once you have read all the content in the text, look back at this activity. Would you still choose the same social media channels to market your business? Why or why not?
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Explain the following ten words, one word with three sentences. Don't use Wikipedia!!!
Six Sigma
Assurance
After-sale service
Customer relationship management
Downstream
Upstream
Job analysis
Service reliability
Electronic data interchange (EDI)
Design of experiments (DOE)
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How does inflation stimulate the economy? What effect does inflation have on wages? Why is too much inflation bad?
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Is there a difference in the economic gains from trade when interpersonal exchange occurs within, compared to across, geo-political boundaries?
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SECTION B – CASE STUDY
Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow:
South Africa has a negative trade balance with the East (Asia). The value of imports from the East is more than the value of the goods that South Africa exports to Asia. This means that the trade balance or terms of trade is not in favour of South Africa. This is not a uniquely South African phenomenon. Part of the reason for the trade war between the United States and China is due to the fact that terms of trade tend to be skewed in favour of China.
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4BQuestion 1
1.1 Use an appropriate diagram to illustrate and explain the effect of the scenario above on the foreign exchange market. (8)
1.2 Discuss the three (3) policy options available to South Africa to mitigate against the outcome in 1.1. (6)
1.3 Briefly discuss the effect of the trade wars between China and the United States on the South African current account. (6)
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4. Go to the eText and pull out a thorough definition of consumer choice. What is this concept? How does utility tie in with this concept? Explain the income and substitution effects. Also explain how they relate to consumer choice.
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Explain the difference between the two circuits, C-M-C and M-C-M.
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how Data is the foremost character required for healthcare data analytics. Discuss the various data quality characteristics or dimensions that govern data quality.n
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Is it true that the Fed can offset the impact on output of a fiscal expansion using open market operations?
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You believe that capital markets are semi-strongly efficient. McDonald's announces stronger than expected quarterly earnings. What is likely to happen to the share price? Is there a way to profit from the announcement? What if the strong earnings were expected, what would happen to the share price?
could you please explain in detail ?
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Use PWs to calculate the benefit/cost ratio of i=5% for a highway project. The first cost is $150,000 and the O&M costs are $5000 per year. There is no salvage value after 20 years. Time savings to users are worth $35,000 per year, and neighborhood disruption is a disbenefit of $10,000 per year. Is this project attractive?
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