Consider a hypothetical closed economy in which households spend $0.70 of each additional dollar they earn and save the remaining $0.30. the marginal propensity to consume (mpc) for this economy is , and the multiplier for this economy is . suppose the government in this economy decides to decrease government purchases by $300 billion. the decrease in government purchases will lead to a decrease in income, generating an initial change in consumption equal to . this decreases income yet again, causing a second change in consumption equal to . the total change in demand resulting from the initial change in government spending is .

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6