In this scenario, the U. S. economy contracted at a rate of 4.8 percent in the first quarter of the year. You will take on the role of an HR manager at an air transportation supply company that has faced significant revenue loss during the economic downturn and is now thinking of cutting costs. You have been asked to analyze employee performance over the last year, make sense of the data, and recommend a strategy for reducing the company budget by 10 percent.

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false

Identify whether the statements are true or false by dragging and dropping the appropriate term into the bin provided. long-run economic growth is unlikely to be sustainable because of finite natural resources. in the modern economy, countries that possess few domestic natural resources essentially have no chance to develop economically. finding alternatives to natural resources will be very important to long-term economic growth. in the modern economy, human and physical capital are generally less important in productivity than natural resources. in the 19th century, countries with the highest per capita gdp were nearly always abundant in minerals and productive farming land.