How was the fed able to use its new monetary policy tools to increase the federal funds rate in december 2015?

(a) the fed raised the rate it pays on excess reserves.
(b) the fed raised the rate it pays on reverse purchase agreements.
(c) the fed established a new federal funds rate.
(d) the fed raised the rate it pays on excess reserves and reverse purchase agreements.

Your project team’s recommendations to increase productivity have been approved and your team is now working on an implementation plan. in order to accomplish the plan, several subject matter experts from various parts of the organization have been brought in to assist. you have noticed friction and conflict among team members. some of the disagreement and opposition on your team supports the achievement of team goals and objectives. this type of conflict can be described as:

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )