The number of jobs available in the U. S. economy is largely determined by the number of workers private firms choose to hire. In 2016, firms employed 124 million people. The Federal Reserve is part of the federal government and hires relatively few people, about 22,000 in 2016. Even if the Fed doubled or tripled its work force, it would have little impact on employment levels, yet economists strongly link actions of the Fed to the level of total employment in the economy. Carefully explain how the Fed is able to affect the level of total employment in the economy. Be sure to include all relevant actions the Fed can take in affecting total employment.

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

The following information is available for juno company for the month ending june 30, 2019. * balance as per the bank statement is $ 11 comma 000. * balance as per books is $ 10 comma 400. * check #506 for $ 1 comma 200 and check #510 for $ 900 were not shown on the june 30, bank statement. * a deposit in transit of $ 3 comma 346 had not been received by the bank when the bank statement was generated. * a bank debit memo indicated an nsf check for $ 70 written by jane smith to juno company on june 13. * a bank credit memo indicated a note collected by the bank of $ 1 comma 900 and interest revenue of $ 51 on june 20. * the bank statement indicated service charges of $ 35. what is the adjusted book balance?

Fanning books buys books and magazines directly from publishers and distributes them to grocery stores. the wholesaler expects to purchase the following inventory: april may june required purchases (on account) $ 111,000 $ 131,000 $ 143,000 fanning books accountant prepared the following schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases. fanning books suppliers require that 85 percent of purchases on account be paid in the month of purchase; the remaining 15 percent are paid in the month following the month of purchase. required complete the schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases by filling in the missing amounts. determine the amount of accounts payable the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the second quarter.