Assume a country’s nominal gdp is $750 billion, government expenditures less debt service are $185 billion, and revenue is $210 billion. the nominal debt is $480 billion. inflation is 2 percent and interest rates are 6 percent. a. calculate debt service payments. instructions: round your answer to 1 decimal place. leave no cell blank. you must enter "0" for the answer to grade correctly.$ billion. b. calculate the nominal deficit or surplus. add a negative sign before the value to indicate a deficit. instructions: round your answer to 1 decimal place. leave no cell blank. you must enter "0" for the answer to grade correctly.$ billion. c. calculate the real deficit or surplus, placing a negative sign in front of the value if it is a deficit. instructions: round your answer to 1 decimal place. leave no cell blank. you must enter "0" for the answer to grade correctly.$ billion (real deficit or real surplus).

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

For a firm that uses the weighted average method of process costing, which of the following must be true? (a) physical units can be greater than or less than equivalent units. (b) physical units must be equal to equivalent units. (c) equivalent units must be greater than or equal to physical units. (d) physical units must be greater than or equal to equivalent units.