Ben and alan work for the federal reserve, the agency that oversees banking and monetary policy in the united states. although they are good friends, they disagree over policy decisions. when the housing bubble burst in 2008, the friends offer different strategies to address the issue. ben argues that the federal reserve should lower interest rates, and alan says interest rates should be held steady. use this information to answer the questions.
(a)-by saying that interest rates should be held steady, alan is showing his support for what belief?
(b)- not agreeing with alan, ben supports lowering interest rates. demonstrating his belief in what concept?
(c)- which of the following situations presents the greatest difficulty for policy makers?
(i)- deflation
(ii)- stagflation
(iii)- inflation
(iv)- conflation

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.