On november 1, 2017, bernard company (a u. s.-based company) sold merchandise to a foreign customer for 230,000 fcus with payment to be received on april 30, 2018. at the date of sale, bernard entered into a six-month forward contract to sell 230,000 fcus. the company properly designates the forward contract as a cash flow hedge of a foreign currency receivable. the following exchange rates apply:

Assume that the following conditions exist: a. all banks are fully loaned up- there are no excess reserves, and desired excess reserves are always zero. b. the money multiplier is 5 .     c. the planned investment schedule is such that at a 4 percent rate of interest, investment =$1450 billion. at 5 percent, investment is $1420 billion. d. the investment multiplier is 3 . e.. the initial equilibrium level of real gdp is $12 trillion. f. the equilibrium rate of interest is 4 percent now the fed engages in contractionary monetary policy. it sells $1 billion worth of bonds, which reduces the money supply, which in turn raises the market rate of interest by 1 percentage point. calculate the decrease in money supply after fed's sale of bonds: $nothing billion.

Awork system has five stations that have process times of 5, 9, 4, 9, and 8. what is the throughput time of the system? a. 7b. 4c. 18d. 35e. 9

Sole proprietorships produce more goods and services than does any other form of business organization.