A simple forecasting method for weekly sales of flash drives used by a local computer dealer is to form the average of the two most recent sales figures. Suppose sales for the drives for the past 12 weeks were

Week |1 Sales86 12 73 4 7 10 75 72 83 132 65 110 90 67 92 98

A. Determine the one-step ahead forecasts made for periods 3 through 12 using this method.
B. Determine the forecast errors for these periods.
C. Compute the MAD, the MSE, and the MAPE based on the forecast errors computed in part (B)

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?

Sally mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. she is currently working on a global warming project and decides which tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. in addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. she is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. which of the following categories of functions is mitchell undertaking? envisioning organizing controlling planning