The market basket used to calculate the cpi in aquilonia is 4 loaves of bread, 6 gallons of milk, 2 shirts, and 2 pairs of pants. in 2005, bread cost $1.00 per loaf, milk cost $1.50 per gallon, shirts cost $6.00 each, and pants cost $10.00 per pair. in 2006, bread cost $1.50 per loaf, milk cost $2.00 per gallon, shirts cost $7.00 each, and pants cost $12.00 per pair. using 2005 as the base year, what was aquilonia’s inflation rate in 2006?

Which of the following accurately describes a surplus? a. consumer demand for a certain car is below the number of cars that are produced. b. the production costs for a certain car are below the sale price of that car. c. a reduction in the cost of steel enables a car company to reduce the sale price of its cars. d. a car company tries to charge too high a price for a car and has to reduce the price. 2b2t

Suppose an economy has only two sectors: goods and services. each year, goods sells 80% of its outputs to services and keeps the rest, while services sells 62% of its output to goods and retains the rest. find equilibrium prices for the annual outputs of the goods and services sectors that make each sector's income match its expenditures.

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)