Part a. which of the following are measured in the "natural rate" of unemployment? lucy was laid off as her company can no longer compete with foreign producersrona quit her job to care for a family member. mamta lost her job as her company closed operations in the recession. ed left his office job to look for a telecommute position with a different company. part b. which of the following geographical elements improve the opportunities for international commerce in a country? select the two correct answers. extensive coastlinesvast mountainslandlocked territorylarge riverspart c. suppose an economy has a trade surplus of $90 billion, private domestic savings of $600 billion, and private domestic investment of $400 billion. how much is the government deficit? recall the savings-investment formula: s+(m–x)=i+(g−t)$ billionpart d. if a currency is experiencing relatively high inflation, then its buying power is decreasing and investors will be more eager to hold itinternational investors will be less eager to hold it

Scenario: you have advised the owner of bond's gym that the best thing to do would be to raise the price of a monthly membership. the owner wants to know what may happen once this price increase goes into effect. what will most likely occur after the price of a monthly membership increases? check all that apply. current members will pay more per month. the quantity demanded for memberships will decrease. the number of available memberships will increase. the owner will make more money. bond's gym will receive more membership applications.

Profits from using currency options and futures. on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda. com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Paddock pools constructed a swimming pool and deck for the jensens' home. paddock installed the wrong trim on the pool. it would cost $2800 to change the trim-one-fifth of the total cost of the pool. the jensens refuse to pay anything for the pool. the paddock's best defense is: (a) duress (b) substanial performance (c)mistake (d) failure of conditions