The fed has decided to expand the money supply, leading to lower interest rates. as a partner in a tech start-up, you react to these lower interest rates by deciding to expand your operations and begin marketing your new artificial intelligence prototype. what impacts would this decision have on the macroeconomy? choose one or more: a. decreasing aggregate demand b. increasing the investment part of gdp c. increase net imports d. reducing unemployment e. raising gdp

Licensing is perhaps the easiest method of entering into international trade. another method of entering international trade, which can be relatively low risk, is which opens several levels of involvement to company

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

Florence invested in a factory requiring. federally-mandated reductions in carbon emissions. how will this impact florence as the factory's owner? a. her factory will be worth less once the upgrades are complete. b. her factory will likely be bought by the epa. c. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for little financial gain. d. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for a large financial gain.