Federal Reserve] Chairman Alan Greenspan decided seven years ago to publicize the central bank’s interest-rate moves once they were made. Now, each meeting of the Fed- whether the central bank changes rates or not – triggers a chorus of instant analysis of what it means for the economy and the financial markets. -Source: Business Week, July 23, 2001 Which primary function of the Federal Reserve is the subject of this passage above?

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is

Down under products, ltd., of australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: unit salesapril 74,000may 85,000june 114,000july 92,000the company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 10% of the following month’s unit sales. the inventory at the end of march was 7,400 units.required: prepare a production budget by month and in total, for the second quarter.

In 2000, campbell soup company launched an ad campaign that showed prepubescent boys offering soup to prepubescent girls. the girls declined because they were concerned about their calorie intake. the boys explained that “lots of campbell’s soups are low in calories,” which made them ok for the girls to eat. the ads were pulled after parents expressed concern. why were parents worried? i