Although the Fed has very strong influence over the money supply, it does not have complete control a. Because the Fed has no idea how much reserves will change when it buys or sells securities. b. Because of unpredictable changes in the public's desire to hold cash or borrow and banks' desires to hold reserves or lend. c. Because of unpredictable changes in reserve requirements. d. Because the FOMC meets only twice a year.

If the government is required to balance the budget and the economy falls into a recession, which of the actions is a feasible policy response? cut taxes to encourage consumer spending invest in infrastructure increase government spending to stimulate the economy cut spending equal to the reduction in tax revenue what is a likely consequence of this policy? unemployment falls due to the economic stimulus. the negative consequences of the recession are magnified. consumer spending increases due to their ability to keep more of their after-tax income. there is hyperinflation due to an increase in aggregate demand.

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?

What do you recommend adam do to increase production in a business setting that does not seem to value high productivity?