Inflation in the Philippines was 6.7% in September, far above the central bank’s target of 2 – 4%. Suppose the central bank decides to raise interest rates. (a) Using the money market, describe the type of monetary policy (increase or decrease in the money supply) that would achieve higher interest rates. (b) The central bank's goal is to reduce inflation. Using the IS-LM-FE model, explain whether the policy of higher interest rates is appropriate or not. (c) Use the AD-AS model to predict the short-run and long-run effects of the central bank’s policy on Philippine inflation, output, and unemployment. Does it matter whether wages are flexible or not? Explain. (d) Suppose the demographic transition of the Philippines causes labor supply to grow more rapidly than usual. How does this affect your answer about unemployment and wages in (c)? Use the labor market.

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct