Automatic stabilizers are: a. provisions by the Federal Reserve that change the money supply. b. provisions by the Federal Reserve that change government spending or taxation. c. provisions in a government's budget that cause government spending to rise (fall) or taxes to fall (rise) automatically—without legislation—when GDP falls (rises). d. provisions in the government's budget that cause government spending to rise (fall) or taxes to fall (rise) and that occur as a result of legislation intended to stabilize the economy.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage

An essential element of being receptive to messages is to have an open mind true or false