During the recent recession sparked by financial crisis, the U. S. economy suffered tremendously. Suppose that, due to the recession U. S. GDP dropped from $14 trillion to $12.5 trillion. This fall in GDP was due to a drop in consumption of $1 trillion and a drop in investment of $500 billion. The U. S. government, under the Obama administration, responded to this recession by increasing government purchases Suppose that government spending had no impact on consumption, investment, or net exports If the Obama administration wanted to bring GDP back up to $14 trillion, government spending would have to rise by

Skychefs, inc. prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. one of the company's products is grilled salmon in dill sauce with baby new potatoes and spring vegetables. during the most recent week, the company prepared 4000 of these meals using 960 direct labor hours. the company paid these direct labor workers a total of $19,200 for this work, or $20.00 per hour. according to standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.25 direct labour-hours at a cost of $19.75 per hour.1. what is the standard labor-hours allowed (sh) to prepare 4,000 meals? 2. what is the standard labor cost allowed (sh x sr) to prepare 4,000 meals? 3. what is the labor spending variance? 4. what is the labor rate variance and the labor efficiency variance?

In the current period, forward co. started with the production of 21,000 units and completed 8,400 units, leaving 13,200 units in process that are 42% complete. if forward co. incurred production costs of $34,980, what was forward's cost per equivalent unit for the period? (note: round your answer to two decimal places.)

Will give brainliest and 100 to best and correct project: benefit analysis study: small business expansion you are the owner of a small business that offers advertising services for your local homebuilding professionals. originally you were the only employee, working at your desktop at home. now your business is growing and you need to add more workers. the first assessment of your current situation: one worker, one desktop computer, one modem, one printer/scanner, one phone line (dsl). you also created a draft situation of what technology you will need if you add two more workers (three workers including yourself): three computers, one router, one printer/scanner, one phone line (wireless). do a one-page benefit analysis study that: compares the cost of adding two desktops vs. one or two laptops compares the cost of replacing the modem with a router/modem. compares the cost of building a wan vs. a lan or a vpn summarizes the total cost of maintaining your home office as the only computing space for your three-worker company. compare this cost with the option of building a network that includes your home office and two satellite locations. here are some questions you may want to consider: do i need a firewall to protect my company's data? are my two new workers' job responsibilities primarily mobile? are they going to be doing enough work in the field to justify owning laptops? what software needs to be installed in their computers for network connections (desktop vs. laptop)?! i will give 100 points and ! !