Suppose that the government increases spending without changing its taxes in an effort to shift the aggregate demand curve to the right, thereby increasing real GDP. To the extent that increased government borrowing causes interest rates to rise, the increase in aggregate demand will be less than policymakers expected when formulating the magnitude of their fiscal stimulus. The situation described above is known as the crowding-in effect. Is this statement true or false

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

True or false payroll withholding includes income tax, social security tax, medicare tax as well as money you deduct for your retirement fund.

Spartan systems reported total sales of $500,000, at a price of $20 and per unit variable expenses of $13, for the sales of their single product. total per unit sales $500,000 $20 variable expenses 325,000 13 contribution margin 175,000 $7 fixed expenses 120,000 net operating income $55,000 what is the amount of contribution margin if sales volume increases by 30%?