An article in the wall street journal discussing the federal reserve's monetary policy included the following observation: "fed officials have been signaling since last year that they expected to raise rates in 2015 pushing up the value of the currency and contributing to the economic slowdown officials now confront."
a. what does "pushing up the value of the currency" mean?
b. why would the fed’s increasing u. s. interest rates cause the value of the currency to increase?
c. why would an increase in the value of the currency contribute to a slowdown in the growth of the u. s. economy?

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

Actual usage for the year by the marketing department was 70,000 copies and by the operations department was 330,000 copies. if a dual-rate cost-allocation method is used, what amount of copying facility costs will be budgeted for the operations department?

Personal financial planning is the process of creating and achieving financial goals? true or false