The] federal open market committee raised its target on the federal-funds rate by 0.25 percentage point to 5.0%, hoping to cool demand in the robust economy and stave off any possible buildup in price many economists said a rate rise would be the economy generally still enjoys noninflationary growth driven by productivity gains. the economy expanded at a very strong annual 4.8% clip in the third quarter with few signs of inflationary pressures, in part because of the 4.2% jump in productivity. productivity gains allow businesses to hold the line on prices while paying higher wages.   according to the passage, what was the federal-funds rate before the rate increase? a. 5.0% c. 4.8% b. 4.75% d. 5.25%

Overspeculation and a decrease in consumer confidence are both leading factors of: ?

During the year, the delph company had no beginning or ending inventories and it started, completed, and sold only two jobs—job d-75 and job c-100. it provided the following information related to those two jobs: job d-75: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 375,000 $ 325,000 $ 700,000 direct labor cost $ 200,000 $ 160,000 $ 360,000 machine-hours 15,000 5,000 20,000 job c-100: molding fabrication total direct materials cost $ 300,000 $ 250,000 $ 550,000 direct labor cost $ 175,000 $ 225,000 $ 400,000 machine-hours 5,000 25,000 30,000delph had no overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead during the year. assume delph uses a plantwide overhead rate based on machine-hours.1-a. compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate.1-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.1-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 1-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year? assume delph uses departmental overhead rates based on machine-hours.2-a. compute the predetermined departmental overhead rates.2-b. compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to job d-70 and job c-200.2-c. if delph establishes bid prices that are 150% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for job d-70 and job c-200? 2-d. what is delph's cost of goods sold for the year?

What is the difference between the contractual interest rate and the market interest rate?