Expansionary / Recovery
P = Peak
C = Contractionary/Recession
T = Trough
1. The price of bread has increased 5% over the past three months.
2. Interest rates at a low of 2% cause consumers to take out loans and buy homes.
3. The sale of all goods and services are down for the 5th consecutive month.
4. Due to factory closures unemployment has risen to a five year high of 10%

5. Due to increased consumer spending, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to slow the economy down.
6. The DOW Jones industrial average (Stock prices) reaches an all-time high.
7. GDP declines for four consecutive months, causing the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
8. The unemployment rate is at 3.4%, a new 15 year low.
9. The economy has maxed out and is no longer growing.
10. What is the next phase after experiencing a Trough.

Agovernment receives a gift of cash and investments with a fair value of $200,000. the donor specified that the earnings from the gift must be used to beautify city-owned parks and the principal must be re-invested. the $200,000 gift should be accounted for in which of the following funds? a) general fund b) private-purpose trust fund c) agency fund d) permanent fund

Alarge university wanted to study the relationship between completing an internship during college and students' future earning potential. prom the same graduating class, they selected a random sample of 80 students who completed an internship and 100 students who did not complete an internship and examined their salaries five years after graduation. they found that there was a statistically higher mean salary for the internship group than for the noninternship group. which of the following interpretations is the most appropriate? a. there could be a confounding variable, such as student major, that explains the difference in mean salary between the internship and no internship groups.b. we cannot infer anything from these data since the distribution of salaries is likely right skewed.c. you cannot draw any valid conclusions because the sample sizes are different.d. more students should complete internships because having an internship produces a higher salary.

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure