If the prices of australian-made shoes imported into the united states increase, then, as a result a. both the gdp deflator and the consumer price index increase. b. neither the gdp deflator nor the consumer price index increases. c. the gdp tor increases but the consumer price index does not increase. d. the consumer price index will increase, but the gdp deflator will not increase suppose the cpi was 95 in 1955 and currently the cpi is 475. according to the cpi, $100 today purchases the same amount of goods and services as a. $20.00 purchased in 1955. b. $33.33 purchased in 1955 c. $47.50 purchased in 1955. d. none of the above is correct. if the nominal interest rate is 8 percent and rate of inflation is 5.5 percent, then the real interest rate is a. 13.5 percent. b. 12 percent. c. 2.5 percent. d. -2.5 percent. indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. bias in computing the cpi tends to make the cpi overstate the true increase in the cost of living. if the nominal interest rate is 5 percent and the inflation rate is 2 percent, then the real interest rate is 3 percent.

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Visburg concrete company pours concrete slabs for single-family dwellings. lancing construction company, which operates outside visburg's normal sales territory, asks visburg to pour 40 slabs for lancing's new development of homes. visburg has the capacity to build 300 slabs and is presently working on 250 of them. lancing is willing to pay only $3, 300 per slab. visburg estimates the cost of a typical job to include unit-level materials, $1, 440: unit-level labor, $720: and an allocated portion of facility-level overhead, $1, 200. required calculate the contribution to profit from the special order. should visburg accept or reject the special order to pour 40 slabs for $3, 300 each?

Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they