Classify each of the following items as a final good or an intermediate good, and identify whether it is a component of consumption expenditure, investment, or government expenditure on goods and services: item 1. new coffee machines bought by starbucks. item 2. coffee beans bought by starbucks. item 3. upper a dvd bought by a household. item 4. upper a new limousine for the president. item 1 is and item 2 is a. a final good that is investment; a final good that is investment. b. an intermediate good; a final good that is investment. c. an intermediate good; an intermediate good. d. a final good that is investment; an intermediate good.

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.

Which of the following statements are false regarding activity-based costing? non-manufacturing costs are important to include when calculating the cost of each product. costs are allocated based on a pre-determined overhead rate. transitioning from traditional costing methods to activity-based costing can be complicated and costly. activity-based costing follows the same basic calculation methods as traditional costing approaches. none of the above

The research of robert siegler and eric jenkins on the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of design.