Suppose that every additional five percentage points in the investment rate (i ÷ gdp) boost economic growth by one percentage point. assume also that all investment must be financed with consumer saving. the economy is now assumed to be fully employed at if the goal is to raise the economic growth rate by 1 percent, instructions: enter your responses as a whole number.
a. by how much must investment increase? $ billion
b. by how much must consumption decline for this to occur? $ billion

You decide that structural changes must be made at holden evans immediately to deal with the additional product lines. equipment and employees will have to be moved around to optimize production of all of the products in house. this shouldn't be too difficult because many of the vitamins and supplements are produced using similar processes. you have several options available to facilitate this process. which of the following methods do you think is the best choice? select an option from the choices below and click submit. because the changes may result in the loss of several key employees, you hire outside consultants who specialize in hr law. this way any employee terminations will not result in lawsuits. you select an outside consulting firm that your company has never worked with before, but it has a reputation for using new technology in product lines that are similar to yours. you select several trusted managers to facilitate the transition of operations from overseas. these individuals can gather information and also smooth any rough spots that may occur.

Storico co. just paid a dividend of $3.15 per share. the company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 5 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. if the required return on the company’s stock is 12 percent, what will a share of stock sell for today?

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?