The Basics of Business Writing
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Answer:
a. Decrease
b. Decline
c. Exit
d. No change
Explanation:
The market for gourmet chocolate is in the long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has caused the consumer disposable income to fall. Chocolate is a normal good, and the chocolate producers have identical cost structures.
a. This decline in the consumer income will reduce the purchasing power of the consumers. As a result, the demand will decrease. The demand curve will move to the left.
b. This leftward shift in the demand curve will cause the price to decline, As the price falls, the profits earned by the producers will decline as well.
c. In the long run, the firms operate at zero economic profits. So a decline in profits imply that the firms are operating at an economic loss. This will cause the loss incurring firms to exit the market.
d. The long run supply curve will remain the same. It is not affected by change in profits, it changes only with change in the state of technology or availability of resources.
Answer:
- 2015 = $94
- 2016 = $128.50
- 2017 = $115
Explanation:
A Market Basket is used to calculate inflation overtime by tracking the change in prices of a specific and permanent number of goods and services.
The formula for calculating the market basket is;
Cost of Market Basket = ∑(Price of good * Basket Quantity of good)
2015
Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.4) + (2 * 18) + ( 4 * 12)
Cost of Market Basket = 10 + 36 + 48
Cost of Market Basket = $94
2016
Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.5) + (2 * 22) + ( 4 * 18)
Cost of Market Basket = 12.5 + 44 + 72
Cost of Market Basket = $128.50
2017
Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.6) + (2 * 20) + ( 4 * 15)
Cost of Market Basket = 15 + 40 + 60
Cost of Market Basket = $115
