In early 2020, the Coronavirus spread across the United States and the world. Thousands of businesses had to shut their doors and lay off workers. By April of 2020, there were over 20 million unemployment claims made to the US government.

How do you think the Coronavirus impacted each element of the GDP calculation?

Explain in a complete sentence below for each:

Exports:
Government Spending:
Consumer Spending:
Business Investment:

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?

Which of these is an example of innovation?