William mcchesney martin, who was federal reserve chairman from 1951 to 1970, was once quoted as saying, "the role of the federal reserve is to remove the punchbowl just as the party gets going." when he said "to remove the punchbowl," he meant to engage in (contractionary/expansionary) policy. in terms of the economy, "just as the party gets going" refers to a situation in which a real gdp (great than/less than) potential gdp, which will result in (increase in/decrease in) the inflation rate.

The beginning inventory is expected to be 2,000 cases. expected sales are 10,000 cases, and the company wishes to begin the next period with an inventory of 1,000 cases. the number of cases the company must purchase during the month is multiple choice 9,000 cases. 10,000 cases. 11,000 cases. 13,000 cases.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows. direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow. fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions