The conference board publishes data on business cycle indicators (bci). the composite index of leading economic indicators is one of the three components of the bci. changes in leading economic indicators usually precede changes in gdp. some of the variables tracked by the index are listed below. i. the average weekly hours worked by manufacturing workers ii. the average number of initial applications for unemployment insurance iii. the amount of new orders for capital goods unrelated to defense iv. the amount of new building permits for residential buildings v. the s& p 500 stock index vi. consumer sentiment examine each variable and explain whether it is likely to be positively correlated, negatively correlated, or uncorrelated with real gdp.

Kayla and jada are roommates in new york city. both kayla and jada recently received pay raises. kayla now buys more movie tickets than before, but jada buys fewer. kayla behaves as if movie tickets are goods and jada's income elasticity of demand for movie tickets is

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

How does hipaa address employee’s access to e-phi?