Westville, a small developed country, is experiencing a very high rate of inflation. roma anderson, a market research analyst, thinks that the high level of inflation is due to an acute shortage of goods available in the economy. according to her, the government should use expansionary fiscal policies to boost the economy. meanwhile, robert simpson, a member of the finance ministry, is of the opinion that the high level of inflation is the result of excessive household spending. he suggests that the government should increase personal income tax rates to curb consumption demand. which of the following, if true, will strengthen robert's claim that high consumer spending is the cause of high inflation? oa· the number of discouraged workers in westville has increased this year. ob. one of westville's leading trading partners was recently hit by a severe recession. oc、 the gender wage gap in westville has increased substantially in the last few years. od. leading firms producing consumer durables have reported a decline in profits in recent times. oe. there is consensus among leading economists and industry experts that the output gap in westville is currently negatuve

Gino's restaurant is a popular restaurant in boston, massachusetts. the owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. the intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities: activity cost pool activity measure serving a party of diners number of parties served serving a diner number of diners served serving drinks number of drinks ordered some costs, such as the cost of cleaning the linens that cover the restaurant's tables, vary with the number of parties served. other costs, such as washing plates and glasses, depends on the number of diners served or the number of drinks served. data concerning these activities are shown below. serving a party serving a dinner serving drinks total total cost $47,600 $153,000 $59,800 $260,400 total activity 7,000 parties 30,000 diners 46,000 drinks prior to the activity-based costing study, the owner knew very little about the costs of the restaurant. she knew that the total cost for the month was $260,400 and that 30,000 diners had been served. therefore, the average cost per diner was $8.68.required: 1. compute the activity rates for each of the three activities 2. according to the activity-based costing system, what is the total cost of serving each of the following parties of diners? a. a party of four diners who ordered three drinks in total b. a party of two diners who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 3. convert the total costs you computed in part (1) above to costs per diner. in other words, what is the average cost per diner for serving each of the following parties: a. a party of four diners who order three drinks in total b. a party of two diner who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 4. why do the costs per diner for the three different parties differ from each other and from the overall average coast of $9.80 per diner?

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

What are the general categories of capital budget scenarios? describe the overall decision-making context for each.