Members of the federal reserve expressed concerns about future inflation at their may meeting, leading them to vote unanimously for a policy directive leaning toward an increase in interest rates, according to minutes of the meeting released thursday. while the [federal open market committee] members agreed that recent improvements in the nation’s productivity allowed more room for noninflationary economic growth, they worried that growth, which came in at a 4.3 percent annual rate in the first quarter, was still too rapid to keep inflation under control. source: “fed worried about future inflation,” the washington post, july 1, 1999. according to the passage, what factor in the economy was to hold prices down as the economy grew? a. productivity improvements c. federal reserve policy decisions b. high interest rates d. low interest rates

“wonderful! not only did our salespeople do a good job in meeting the sales budget this year, but our production people did a good job in controlling costs as well,” said kim clark, president of martell company. “our $11,150 overall manufacturing cost variance is only 3% of the $1,536,000 standard cost of products made during the year. that’s well within the 3% parameter set by management for acceptable variances. it looks like everyone will be in line for a bonus this year.” the company produces and sells a single product. the standard cost card for the product follows: standard cost card—per unit direct materials, 4.00 feet at $4.00 per foot $ 16.00 direct labor, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $13 per direct labor-hour 14.30 variable overhead, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $2.40 per direct labor-hour 2.64 fixed overhead, 1.1 direct labor-hours at $6.50 per direct labor-hour 7.15 standard cost per unit $ 40.09the following additional information is available for the year just completed: a. the company manufactured 20,000 units of product during the year.b. a total of 77,000 feet of material was purchased during the year at a cost of $4.25 per foot. all of this material was used to manufacture the 20,000 units. there were no beginning or ending inventories for the year.c. the company worked 24,000 direct labor-hours during the year at a direct labor cost of $12.50 per hour.d. overhead is applied to products on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. data relating to manufacturing overhead costs follow: denominator activity level (direct labor-hours) 19,000 budgeted fixed overhead costs $ 123,500 actual variable overhead costs incurred $ 64,800 actual fixed overhead costs incurred $ 120,900required: 1. compute the materials price and quantity variances for the year. (round standard price and actual price to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero 2. compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the year. (round standard rate and actual rate to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero 3. for manufacturing overhead compute: a. the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances for the year. (round standard rate and actual rate to 2 decimal places. indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero b. the fixed overhead budget and volume variances for the year. (indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "f" for favorable, "u" for unfavorable, and "none" for no effect (i.e., zero

Joe said “your speech was really great, i loved it.” his criticism lacks which component of effective feedback? a) he did not recognize his ethical obligations b) he did not focus on behavior c) he did not stress the positive d) he did not offer any specifics

Select the correct text in the passage.which sentences in the given passage explains the limitations of monetary policies? monetary policies - limitationsmonetary policies are set by the central bank to bring about growth in the economy.de can be achieved these policiesw at anden i sca poit would be fair to say that changes in the economy cannot be brought about instantly by monetary po des.monetary policy can only influence not control, economic growththe monetary policy makers do work on sining the perfect balance between demand and supply of money in the economy