The term "crowding out" refers to a situation where: a. fed policy increases interest rates and decreases private investment. b. fed policy decreases interest rates and increases private investment. c. government spending increases interest rates and decreases private investment. d. government spending decreases interest rates and increases private investment.

In the supply-and-demand schedule shown above, at the lowest price of $50, producers supply music players and consumers demand music players.

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

The following are budgeted data: january february march sales in units 16,200 22,400 19,200 production in units 19,200 20,200 18,700 one pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. purchases of raw materials for february would be budgeted to be: