Corporate triple-A bond interest rates for 12 consecutive months follow: 9.59.39.49.69.89.79.810.59.99.79.69 .6

(a)Construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data?

(b)Develop three-month and four-month moving averages for this time series. Does the three-month or four-month moving average provide more accurate forecasts based on MSE? Explain.

(c) What is the moving average forecast for the next month?

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

Vendors provide restaurants with what? o a. cooked items ob. raw materials oc. furniture od. menu recipes

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)