The chapter explained why exporters cheer when their home currency depreciates. At the same time, domestic consumers find that they pay higher prices, so they should be disappointed when the currency becomes weaker. Why do the exporters usually win out, so that governments often seem to welcome depreciations while trying to avoid appreciations? (Hint: Think about the analogy with protective tariffs.)

Jacob is a member of wcc (an llc taxed as a partnership). jacob was allocated $155,000 of business income from wcc for the year. jacob’s marginal income tax rate is 37 percent. the business allocation is subject to 2.9 percent of self-employment tax and 0.9 percent additional medicare tax. (round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar a) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is not qualified business income? b) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is qualified business income (qbi) and jacob qualifies for the full qbi duduction?

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?

Barbara flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at general hospital. during the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage bx-5 was 65 (and was normally distributed). furthermore, the standard deviation for bx-5 was 6. ms. flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level. refer to the standard normal table for z-values. a) what safety stock level do you recommend for bx-5? safety stock=)what is the appropriate reorder point? reorder point=