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9 1.66/1.66 A parcel delivery company delivered 102,500 packages last year, when its average employment was 83 drivers. This year, the firm points awarded handled 111,500 deliveries with 95 drivers. Problem 2-19 (Algo) @ What was the percentage change in productivity over the past two years? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.) ] [Changein productivity | (495 @[% | Hint = Pnt Explanation Output in Input in Productivity References Year Packages Drivers (Output/Input) Percentage Change Last year 102,500 83 1,234.94 This year 111,500 95 1,173.68 (1,173.68 - 1,234.94)/1,234.94 = -4.96%
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Eric Johnson makes billiard balls in his plant With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficency Eric is interested in determining the
productivity of hrs organization. He would like to know it his organization is maintaining an increase in productivity He has the following data representing a month from
last year and an equivalent month this year
Last Year
Now
Units Produced
1,200
300
30
1,200
275
Labour (hours)
Resin (kilograms)
Capital invested ($)
Energy (BTU)
24
9,000
12,500
2,950
2,050
The productivity percentage change for each category is
Labour Productivity Change=9% (onter your responso as a porcentage roundod to two docmal places annd include a minus sgn it necessary)
Resin Productivity Change =% (entor your rosponse as a percontage rounded to two decimal placon and include a minus agn d nocossary)
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Joe's annual income has been increasing each year by the same dollar amount. The first year his income was $21,100, and the 6th year his income was $27,100. In which year was his income $35,500? His income was $35,500 in the th year.
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32. The seasonal indices of the sales of garments of a particular type in a certain shop are
given below:
Quarter
Seasonal index
Oct.-Dec.
Apr.-June
85
July-Sept.
83
Jan.-March
97
135
If the total sales in the first quarter of a year be worth $15,000 and sales are expected to rise by 4%
in each quarter, determine how much worth of garments of this type be kept in stock by the shop-owner to
meet the demand for each of three quarters of the year.
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b) Repeat the exercise undertaken in 4(a), but this time for those aged 18–24.
Male
Female
Total
In employment (000s)
1 826
1 700
ILO unemployed (000s)
234
Total economically active (000s)
1 873
Percentage unemployed (%)
10.3
(c) Calculate the percentage point differences for the first quarter of 2018 in the following:
(i) The overall (aged 16 and over) male and female unemployment rate
(ii) 18–24 and overall male unemployment rates
iii) 18–24 and overall female unemployment rates
(iv) 18–24 and overall total unemployment rates
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Consider the data for the four months shown below.
May
June
Units produced
1,282
1,320
Labor hours
326
314
Calculate the monthly labor productivities. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to three decimal places.
Productivity
Month
March
April
May
June
Months
3.837
3.825
March-April
April-May
May-June
unuts/hour
unuts/hour
unuts/hour
unuts/hour
Calculate the monthly productivity growths. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Use a
minus sign to enter a negative value, if any.
Productivity
CHINO
EPIT
growth
X X X
%
%
March
1,262
329
April
1,224
320
%
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Q6The country of Caspir produces only cereal and milk. Quantities and prices of these
goods for the last several years are shown below. The base year is 2008.
Prices and Quantities
Year
Price of Cereal Quantity of
Price of Milk
Quantity of
Milk
Cereal
2008
$4.00
90
$1.50
150
2009
$4.00
100
$2.00
180
2010
$5.00
120
$2.50
200
2011
$6.00
150
$3.50
200
Refer to Table 10-4. In 2008, this country's
a. nominal GDP was greater than real GDP, and the GDP deflator was greater than
100.
b. nominal GDP was equal to real GDP, and the GDP deflator was equal to 1.
c. nominal GDP was less than real GDP, and the GDP deflator was less than 100.
d. nominal GDP was equal to real GDP, and the GDP deflator was equal to 100,
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As per the above chart, please explain the below question:
Do you observe any seasonality, cyclicity and trend?
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Given the following data of monthly salary of an
employee :
(i) Calculate the real monthly income for each year.
(ii) In which year did the employee have the highest
purchasing power?
(iii) How much salary should he have earned in each of
the years to give him the same purchasing power
as in the year of his highest real income?
year
Monthly Salary ($) |Price Index
(1997 = 100)
15,000
15,500
16,000
16,500
17,000
%3D
2000
2001
115
120
2002
130
2003
138
2004
144
2005
18,000
150
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Figure 6 shows the migration rate M(t) of Ireland in the period
1988–1998. This is the rate at which people (in thousands per year) moved
into or out of the country.
(a) Is the following integral positive or negative? What does this quantity
represent?
1998
M(t) dt
1988
(b) Did migration in the period 1988–1998 result in a net influx of people
into Ireland or a net outflow of people from Ireland?
(c) During which 2 years could the Irish prime minister announce,
"We've hit an inflection point. We are still losing population, but the trend
is now improving."
M(t)
30
20
10
1994
1988 1990/ 1992
1996 1998 2000
-10 -
-20
-30
-40
-50-
FIGURE 6 Irish migration rate (thousands per year).
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Price Data
Year
Base-Year Soda Price
Current Soda Price
1 (base year)
$0.30
$0.30
2
$0.30
$0.45
3
$0.30
$0.55
4
$0.30
$0.65
Refer to Table 5.7. Compute the price index for the third year.
Group of answer choices
100
150
130
118
183
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2020
2020
2022
2022
ITEM
PRICE (R)
QUANTITY
PRICE (R)
QUANTITY
X
100
200
150
250
Y
40
60
70
80
Z
20
90
40
110
Using 2020 as the base year, the Laspeyre's price index for this basket of items is:
A 158.7%
B. 156.2%
C 152.8%
D. 149.1%
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. Calculate TR and MR from
following data.
the
3
4
6.
Units
Sold
1
AR () 25 23
21
19
18 15
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Year
(Base year)
Q.3.2.1
2018
2019
2020
Cost of a basket (R) of consumer
goods/services
1850
2190
2380
2021
Use the information in Table 3-2 to measure the consumer price index
for 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Show your calculations and round off to two decimal places.
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a. P
b. På
4
C.
Co
d. C 3/1
e. C1⁰
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Month
Sales
Jan-16
747
Feb-16
697
Mar-16
1014
Apr-16
1126
May-16
1105
Jun-16
1450
Jul-16
1639
Aug-16
1711
Sep-16
1307
Oct-16
1223
Nov-16
975
Dec-16
953
Jan-17
1024
Feb-17
928
Mar-17
1442
Apr-17
1371
May-17
1536
Jun-17
2004
Jul-17
1854
Aug-17
1951
Sep-17
1516
Oct-17
1642
Nov-17
1166
Dec-17
1106
Jan-18
1189
Feb-18
1209
Mar-18
1754
Apr-18
1843
May-18
1769
Jun-18
2207
Jul-18
2471
Aug-18
2288
Sep-18
1867
Oct-18
1980
Nov-18
1418
Dec-18
1333
Jan-19
1333
Feb-19
1370
Mar-19
2142
Apr-19
2138
May-19
2078
Jun-19
2960
Jul-19
2616
Aug-19
2861
Sep-19
2237
Oct-19
2225
Nov-19
1590
Dec-19
1659
Jan-20
1613
Feb-20
1605
Mar-20
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2021:
Year Housing ($) Transportation ($)
2020 10,000
2021 10,500
2022 11,000
0.71%
7.09%
79%
O 70.9%
1,200
1,350
1,400
Food ($)
1,500
1,750
1,800
COL ($)
Change(%)
N/A
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3. The variable rdintens is the expenditure on research and development
(R&D) as a percentage of sales. Salary is measured in millions of
dollars. The variable profmarg is profit as a percentage of sales. Let's
suppose the equation below is estimated.
Which statement is true?
rdintens = 472 + .321log(sales) + .050profmarg
(1.369) (216)
(.046)
o profmarg has a statistically significant effect on rdintens at 5% level
o profmarg has a statistically significant effect on rdintens at 10% level
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goods for the last several years are shown below. The base year is 2008.
Prices and Quantities
Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
Price of Cereal Quantity of Price of Milk
Cereal
$4.00
$4.00
Refer to Table 10-4. In 2008, this country's
$6.00
a.
d.
90
120
150
$1.50
$2.00
$2.50
$3.50
b. nominal GDP was equal to real GDP and the GDP deflator was equal to 1
nominal GDP was less than real GDP, and the GDP deflator was less than 100
4. nomunal GDP was equal to real GDP, and the GDP deflator was equal to 100
Q7. Refer to Table 10-4. In 2009, this country's
real GDP was $660, and the GDP deflator was 113.4
b. real GDP was S670, and the GDP deflator was 115.2
real GDP was $660, and the GDP deflator was 115.2.
real GDP was $670, and the GDP deflator was 113.4.
Quantity of
Milk
150
a nominal GDP was greater than real GDP and the GDP deflator was greater than
100.
180
200
200
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2. A company has overhead of $20,000 and
$25 cost to produce each unit of output
and the
1
company's total sales is $550,000. (15
points)
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