Patrick just landed a job working for a major online gaming company in silicon valley. in a lot of ways, this is his dream job come true - the chance to work for a company that makes gaming software and live in california at the same time. as his plane lands at san jose international, he pictures a snazzy apartment with a palm tree right outside the front door. a few hours later, as he meets a property manager of a large apartment complex, his heart sinks. the price of apartments is out of sight! back at the hotel, he logs on to the bureau of labor statistics to try to get a better picture of why the cost of housing is so high in this region of the u. s. which factors may be causing the rise in the price of housing? a. low unemployment rate and increasing gdpb. high consumer's marginal index and low ppic. low cpi and high state tax rated. decreasing disruptive technologies index and high unemployment

Abc computer company has a $20 million factory in silicon valley in which in builds computer components. during the current year, abc's costs are labor (wages) of $1.01.0 million; interest on debt of $0.20.2 million; and taxes of $0.20.2 million. abc sells all its output to xyz supercomputer for $2.62.6 million. using abc's components, xyz builds four supercomputers at a cost of $0.8500.850 million each, which comes from $0.6500.650 million worth of components, $0.10.1 million in labor costs, and $0.10.1 million in taxes per computer. xyz has a $30 million factory. xyz sells three of the supercomputers to other businesses for $1.81.8 million each. at year's end, it had not sold the fourth. the unsold computer is carried on xyz's books as a $0.8500.850 million increase in inventory.

The following accounts appeared in recent financial statements of delta air lines. identify each account as either a balance sheet account or an income statement account. for each balance sheet account, identify it as an asset, a liability, or stockholders' equity. for each income statement account, identify it as a revenue or an expense. item financial statement type of account accounts payable balance sheet advanced payments for equipment balance sheet air traffic liability balance sheet aircraft fuel (expense) income statement aircraft maintenance (expense) income statement aircraft rent (expense) income statement cargo revenue income statement cash balance sheet contract carrier arrangements (expense) income statement flight equipment balance sheet frequent flyer (obligations) balance sheet fuel inventory balance sheet landing fees (expense) income statement parts and supplies inventories balance sheet passenger commissions (expense) income statement passenger revenue income statement prepaid expenses income statement taxes payable balance sheet

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?