The consumer price index (cpi) tracks material price movements from quarter to quarter, is scaled to a base year (1988), and tracks the percentage increase in material commodity prices based on a sample of industrial purchasers

a. true
b. false

Aborrower takes out a 30-year adjustable rate mortgage loan for $200,000 with monthly payments. the first two years of the loan have a "teaser" rate of 4%, after that, the rate can reset with a 5% annual payment cap. on the reset date, the composite rate is 6%. what would the year 3 monthly payment be?

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.

Atoy store has a new game in stock, but customers aren't buying it. which of the following types of inventory increases when customers aren't buying this game? a. work-in-process b. raw materials c. finished goods d. in-transit