The following information pertains to mason company for year 2: beginning inventory 112 units @ $ 28 units purchased 350 units @ $ 42 ending inventory consisted of 40 units. mason sold 422 units at $84 each. all purchases and sales were made with cash. operating expenses amounted to $3,300.a. compute the gross margin for mason company using the following cost flow assumptions: (1) fifo, (2) lifo, and (3) weighted averageb. what is the amount of net income using fifo, lifo, and weighted average? (ignore income tax consideration)c. compute the amount of ending inventory using (1) fifo, (2) lifo, and (3) weighted average.

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

A) plot the m1 and m2 money stock in the us from 1990-2015. (hint: you may use the data tools provided by fred.) (b) plot the nominal interest rate from 1960 to 2014. (hint: you can either use the daily interest rates for selected u.s. treasury, private money market and capital market instruments from or the effective federal funds rate fromfred.) (c) the consumer price index (cpi) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. intuitively, the cpi represents the cost of living or the average price level. plot the cpi from 1960 to 2013.(d) the inflation rate is the yearly percentage change in the average price level. in practice, we usually use the percentage change in the cpi to compute the inflation rate. plot the inflation rate from 1960 to 2013.(e) explain the difference between the ex-ante and ex-post real interest rate. use the fisher equation to compute the ex-post real interest rate. plot the nominal interest rate and the ex-post real interest rate from 1960 to 2013 in the same graph.

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.