The #MeToo and other civil and human rights movements recently highlighted the social and job market barriers facing various segments of our society, including Generation Z. Suppose a country is operating inside the production possibility frontier (PPF) due to barriers stopping women, women of color, LGBTQIA and other minorities from fully contributing to the economy, then: a) The opportunity cost of producing another unit of a good when the economy is inside the PPF is zero b) The opportunity cost of producing another unit of a good when the economy is inside the PPF is greater than zero but increasing c) The PPF must be a downward-sloping straight line d) The PPF is upward-sloping

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?