Cost of Goods Manufactured Morning Smiles Coffee Company manufactures Stoneware French Press coffee makers. During the month of March, the company purchased $350,000 of materials. Also during the month of March, Morning Smiles incurred direct labor cost of $74,000 and manufacturing overhead of $190,000. Inventory information is as follows: March 1 March 31 Materials $25,000 $40,000 Work in process 55,000 46,500 Required: 1. Calculate the cost of goods manufactured for the month of March. $fill in the blank 1 2. Calculate the cost of one coffee maker assuming that 8,100 coffee makers were completed during March. $fill in the blank 2 per unit

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. the last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50. limit buy orders limit sell orders price shares price shares $49.75 500 $49.80 100 49.70 900 49.85 100 49.65 700 49.90 300 49.60 400 49.95 100 48.65 600 a. if a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. at what price would the next market buy order be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. if you were a security dealer, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock? increase decrease

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?