You are a manager at Asda. You have been given the demand data for the past 10 weeks for swim rings for children. You decide to run three different types of forecasting methods on the data to see which gives you best forecast.
Week Demand
12 1317
13 1307
14 1261
15 1258
16 1267
17 1256
18 1268
19 1277
20 1277
21 1297
a. If you were to use exponential smoothing with alpha =.3, what would be your forecast for week 22? (The forecast for week 21 was 1272.)
b. Using a 3-period weighted moving average (most recent=.6; second most recent=.3, least recent=.1), what is the forecast for week 22?
c. If you were to use 3-period simple moving average, what would be your forecast for week 22?

In the fall, jay thompson decided to live in a university dormitory. he signed a dorm contract under which he was obligated to pay the room rent for the full college year. one clause stated that if he moved out during the year, he could sell his dorm contract to another student who would move into the dormitory as his replacement. the dorm cost was $5000 for the two semesters, which jay had already paid a month after he moved into the dorm, he decided he would prefer to live in an apartment. that week, after some searching for a replacement to fulfill his dorm contract, jay had two offers. one student offered to move in immediately and to pay jay $300 per month for the eight remaining months of the school year. a second student offered to move in the second semester and pay $2500 to jay. jay estimates his food cost per month is $500 if he lives in the dorm and $450 if he lives in an apartment with three other students. his share of the apartment rent and utilities will be $404 per month. assume each semester is 4.5 months long. disregard the small differences in the timing of the disbursements or receipts. what is the cost of the cheapest alternative?

At the local level, the main role of ctsos is to encourage students to become urge them to programs and competitive events. 1. a. interns b. trainees c. members 2. a. participate b. train c. win

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.