Explain whether each of the following will cause a shift of the AD curveLOADING... or a movement along the AD curve. a. Firms become more optimistic and increase their spending on machinery and equipment. Because this is a change in ▼ net exports the price level government spending investment consumption ​, it will cause a ▼ shift to the left in movement along shift to the right in the aggregate demand curve. b. The federal government increases taxes in an attempt to reduce a budget deficit. Because this is a change in ▼ the price level investment government spending net exports consumption ​, it will cause a ▼ movement along shift to the left in shift to the right in the aggregate demand curve. c. The U. S. economy experiences 4 percent inflation. Because this is a change in ▼ investment net exports government spending consumption the price level ​, it will cause a ▼ movement along shift to the left in shift to the right in the aggregate demand curve.

Reqwest llc agrees to sell one hundred servers to social media networks, inc. the servers, which social media networks expressly requires to have certain amounts of memory, are to be shipped “f. o.b. social media networks distribution center in tampa, fl.” when the servers arrive, social media networks rejects them and informs reqwest, claiming that the servers do not conform to social media networks’ memory requirement. a few hours later, the servers are destroyed in a fire at social media networks’ distribution center. will reqwest succeed in a suit against social media networks for the cost of the goods?

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?