If savers don't feel safe putting their money in banks or buying bonds, what's the best way to sum up what's happening in the market for loanable funds?
a. Supply of savings falls, and the interest rate rises.
b. Demand for savings falls, and the interest rate falls.
c. Demand for savings falls, and the interest rate rises.
d. Supply of savings falls, and the interest rate falls.

On september 12, ryan company sold merchandise in the amount of $5,800 to johnson company, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. the cost of the items sold is $4,000. ryan uses the periodic inventory system and the net method of accounting for sales. on september 14, johnson returns some of the non-defective merchandise, which is restored to inventory. the selling price of the returned merchandise is $500 and the cost of the merchandise returned is $350. the entry or entries that ryan must make on september 14 is (are): multiple choice sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 merchandise inventory 350 cost of goods sold 350 sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 sales returns and allowances 500 accounts receivable 500 sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 merchandise inventory 343 cost of goods sold 343 sales returns and allowances 350 accounts receivable 350

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.