Georgina Paul, a student of economics, was studying the last decade's money supply data for her country X. Georgina noticed that M2 has consistently been higher than M1 and the ratio of M1 to M2 was more or less stable at around 0.3 for most of the years. However, although the central bank of X did not conduct any expansionary monetary policy in recent times, the ratio M1:M2 increased considerably to 0.7 in the last two years. Which of the following, had it happened in the last two years, would explain this outcome? A. Foreign investment in domestic money market mutual funds increased significantly. B. A neighboring country, that was earlier using X's currency, introduced its own currency. C. With people becoming more risk-averse, investment in time deposits increased significantly. D. The central bank introduced interest rates on checking accounts which induced people to move funds from savings to checking accounts. E. The widespread use of credit cards reduced the usage of traveler's checks.

Suppose jamal purchases a pair of running shoes online for $60. if his state has a sales tax on clothing of 6 percent, how much is he required to pay in state sales tax?

Salge inc. bases its manufacturing overhead budget on budgeted direct labor-hours. the variable overhead rate is $8.10 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $74,730 per month, which includes depreciation of $20,670. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the direct labor budget indicates that 5,300 direct labor-hours will be required in september. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. the predetermined overhead rate for september should be:

1. list five staple convenience goods that you or your household buys on a regular basis. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 2. list three impulse convenience goods that you or someone you know has purchased. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 3. describe a shopping good that you or someone you know purchased. what kind of research did you or that person do before buying the product? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 4. choose an example of a company you could start, and decide which business structure would make the most sense for that type of company (sole proprietorship, partnership, llc, c corporation, s corporation, or nonprofit corporation). explain why this structure would be good for this type of company. give at least 3 reasons. (3-6 sentences. 6.0 points) 5. if you were starting a new business, describe at least three departments to the company that you would need right away. why are these departments so important? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 6. describe a product that you think has saturated its market. what makes you think it has saturated its market? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points)