11. q11 inflation is defined as a. a period of rising productivity in the economy. b. a period of rising income in the economy. c. an increase in the overall level of output in the economy. d. an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy.

Which type of investment offers both capital gains and interest income? a. property b. cds c. stocks d. bonds

Abigail spent $100 on a new edition of the personal finance textbook rather than $75 for a used copy. the additional cost for the new copy is called the

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?