Carlos and Deborah Arnold live in Swarthmore, PA. Deborah's father, Felix, lives in Sweden. For each of the following transactions that occur in their lives, identify whether it is included in the calculation of U. S. GDP as part of consumption (C), investment (I), government purchases (G), exports (X), or imports (M). Check all that apply.

(1) Transaction Carlos's employer upgrades all of its computer systems using U. S-made parts.
(2) Carlos buys a sweater made in Guatemala.
(3) The state of Pennsylvania repaves highway PA 320, which goes through the center of Swarthmore.

suppose, due to favorable weather, the crop in 2012 is 330 tons. in percentage terms, how much bigger is the 2012 crop over the 2007-2011 average?

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Which of the following would not generally be a motive for a firm to hold inventories? a. to decouple or separate parts of the production process b. to provide a stock of goods that will provide a selection for customers c. to take advantage of quantity discounts d. to minimize holding costs e. all of the above are functions of inventory.