The amount by which government expenditures exceed revenues during a particular year is the:A. public debt. B. budget deficit. C. full-employment. D. GDP gap.

Suppose that you prefer reading a book you already own to watching tv and that you prefer watching tv to listening to music. if these are your only three choices, what is the opportunity cost of reading

What is credited with gains in industrial productivity, increased standards of living, and affordable products?

Why are utilities, such as electricity and water, examples of natural monopolies? a. The cost of production restricts competition in the market. b. There are limited natural resources to meet demand. c.

Identify a difference between goods and services. Select one: a. Customers directly participate in goods-producing activities, whereas customers do not participate in service-providing activities. b.

Union Local School District has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 3.2 percent paid semiannually and 21 years to maturity. The yield to maturity on this bond is 3.5 percent, and the bond has a par value of $5,000.

Southwest U's campus book store sells course packs for $18 each, the variable cost per pack is $8, fixed costs to produce the packs are $200,000, and expected annual sales are 51,000 packs.

Jones Company has notes receivable that have a fair value of $950,000 and a carrying amount of $1,250,000. Jones decides on December 31, 2017, to use the fair value option for these recently-acquired receivables.

An analyst, using a random sample of n = 500 families, obtained a 90% confidence interval for mean monthly family income for a large population: ($2700, $3300).

ArmiLiza, a popular United States-based brand of handbags, has built a second factory in Mexico. The majority of the new factory's employees are Mexican citizens or Honduran immigrants.

A treasury___is issued by the US government, and is considered very safe. The options are: A. bond B. Mutual fund C. Stock