Econo Nation started 2015 with no national budget debt or surplus. By the end of 2015, it had a budget surplus of $304 million; in 2016, it had a budget deficit of $452 million; in 2017, it had a budget surplus of $109 million; and the amount of its budget deficit or surplus in 2018 is unknown. If at the end of 2018 Econo Nation’s national debt totaled $50 million, determine the deficit or surplus in 2018.

If temper company, a manufacturer of mattresses, was considering moving its production facilities to china but decided against it because the additional costs of shipping the mattresses back to the u. s. would offset the cost savings associated with moving the production facilities, the increased costs associated with shipping would be an example ofanswers: learning-curve economies. diseconomies of scale. economies of scale. competitive advantages.

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u. s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u. s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u. s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

Acorporation a. can use different depreciation methods for tax and financial reporting purposes b. must use the straight - line depreciation method for tax purposes and double declining depreciation method financial reporting purposes c. must use different depreciation method for tax purposes, but strictly mandated depreciation methods for financial reporting purposes d. can use straight- line depreciation method for tax purposes and macrs depreciation method financial reporting purposes