The housing market has come to a standstill and the government wants to encourage first-time home buyers to make housing purchases. What action can the Fed take that will most likely result in more first-time home purchases? decrease interest rates

sell bonds to commercial banks

increase reserve requirements

increase interest rates

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Upper a fish farm raises salmon and trout.a fish farm raises salmon and trout. the marginal cost of producing each of these products increases as more is produced. draw the firm's ppf. label it ppf1. the fish farmfish farm adopts a new technology that allows it to use fewer resources to feed the salmonfeed the salmon. draw a ppf that shows the impact of the new technology. label it ppf2.

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6