Manufacturer of custom hot tubs and spas. What factors should be considered in selecting an allocation base to be used in computing a predetermined overhead rate. Would you expect the amount of applied overhead for a period to equal the actual overhead cost of the period? Why or Why not? Provide two reasons why overhead might be underapplied in a given period.

Any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy:

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)