Suppose the baby boomers begin to retire and this reduces the labor-force participation rate, causing a decrease in the supply of labor at any wage. The labor supply curve (shift to the left - shift to the right). If wages freely adjust, then the wage will (decrease - increase). If wages are sticky, then the unemployment rate will (increase -decrease - remain the same) 2. During an economic expansion, we would expect the rate of (frictional - cyclical structural - real-wage) unemployment (increase - decrease) 3. Which of the items below would likely cause wage levels to be above labor market equilibrium levels? you may select more than one answer. A. An increased demand for agricultural exports causes GDP to increase. B. Workers for a large national retailer become unionized. C. A large employer in the region significantly increases its wage rates to reduce the turnover of its workers. employers are currently paying $10.50 per hour for unskilled labor construction workers to repair the damage. D. A large city decides to raise the municipal minimum wage to $10 per hour although E. A hurricane causes major damage along the Gulf Coast and there is a shortage of

Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next

In our daily interactions we can find ourselves listening to other people solely for the purpose of finding weakness in their positions so that we can formulate a convincing response. select one: true false

Rosie and her brother michael decided recently to purchase an rv together. they both want to use the rv to take their families camping. the price of the rv was $10,000. since michael expects to use the rv 60% of the time and rosie 40% of the time, michael contributed $6,000 and rosie contributed $4,000. their ownership percentage equals their contribution percentage. which type of property titling should they use to reflect their ownership interest?