...Economic Factors that Influence Aggregated Demand and Supply Amanda Brickey ECO/372 February 06, 2014 Ed Mendicino Economic Factors that Influence Aggregated Demand and Supply Having a solid economy is not a simple task, however possessing the ability to modify and create new ways will make for a prosperous economy. Many factors affect the economy in substantial ways. Within this evaluation of the U.S., these factors will be explained, give an overview of the current state of them, and an analysis of how they affect aggregated demand and supply. These factors include unemployment rate, expectations, and interest rates. Additionally, a set of recommendations for government spending and taxes will be offered based off the economic factors current states. As of December 2013, according to bureau of labor and statistics, unemployment average is 6.7%. Across the U.S. however some states rate has increased while others had decreased. Currently 39 states had decreases, two states had increases, and nine states had not change from November 2013 to December 2013. For most states, the ongoing lower rate is not a shock as it has continued to decline since 2009 when President Obama took office and signed in the Recovery Act and the Reinvestment Act. Since then the economy has gradually came out of the recession of 2008. Over 7.2 million jobs have been created in the past 40 months by businesses and the auto industry and American manufactures added over 500,000 jobs since January...
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...potential employees (Shaffer & Schmidt, 1999). While the most commonly used form of psychological testing in the workplace is the cognitive ability tests, personality tests are also being used more and more frequently. Psychological Tests A psychological test is a series of standardized problems or questions that assess a certain individual characteristic. Tests are commonly used to assess many KSAOs, including knowledge, skill, ability, attitudes, interests, and personality (Spector, 2008). There are three types of psychological tests used in the workplace to help differentiate between those used for pre-employment or retention. Essentially pre-employment is called the "recruiting radar." These tests are ability tests, personality tests, and emotional intelligence tests (Spector, 2008). Ability tests Ability tests are the ability or aptitude with the capacity to do or learn to do a particular task (Spector, 2008). Ability tests have been split into many subcategories such as cognitive ability tests, which is an IQ or also known as an intelligence test, or a test of general cognitive ability. Cognitive tests are also done on an individual that focus on the mathematical or verbal...
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...Accrual-basis accounting is recording transactions as the service occurs, even if cash is not received yet [ (Kimmel, 2009) ]. It makes sense that most companies would choose this way to me as I feel this is the best way to keep track of money that you are going to receive and keep things more up to date. The cash basis accounting is not recorded until the transaction until the cash is received (Kimmel, 2009). This to me would get really confusing if you are awaiting payment for a job already done. If you forget to add it to your financial statements or remember what the incoming cash is for you may get turned around. The main difference between the two to me is the fact that one is recorded with out the cash being paid and the other is not recorded until the cash is actually in hand. I would also like to know in my reports that I am awaiting that cash so that I can account for it in future months. Another reason is that when looking at the numbers laid out the numbers for the cash basis accounting can look misleading for the company. The reason that cash basis is prohibited under generally accepted accounting principles, is that it doesn’t record revenue when it is earned, that violates the revenue recognition principle. Similarly it doesn’t record the expenses when they are incurred which in turn would violate the matching principle. In the end when comparing the differences of the two accounting types it’s easy to see why accrual basis accounting is the chosen method...
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...Individual: Project Budget CMGT/410 January 19,2015 Jim Kupferer Individual: Project Budget MEMO: To: Branch Managers CC: From: Date: January 19, 2015 Re: Proposed Budget for Offsite Training Session This memo is to inform all concerned of the budget needed for the upcoming proposed compliance training session. I will include estimates for all hardware, software, documents, airfares, transportation, accommodations, labor, and salaries of those attending the training. The first item on the budget will be the fees for the project manager. It is estimated it will take this person five days to set up the training session. The average salary for a project manager is $96,425 per year (glassdoor, 2014). If this is broken down for just the five days needed to prepare plus the two days of the training session, the estimated cost for the project manager is approximately $2600. Some equipment will need to be rented such as, a screen and projector to show slides during the meeting sessions. The cost for these items are $99 per day (Rental Projectors.Com, 2014), The item will need to be picked up the day before the training sessions and returned the next day. This means the equipment will need to be rented for four day at a cost of $396 and the cost of someone picking up the equipment and then returning it. The average wages for a delivery person is $13.35 per hour, (MyMajors, 2014), and it will take approximately...
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...Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Networking Project Week 3 Individual Week 3 individual Week 3 Individual This paper will show an analysis of the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital network system. Based on the findings I will define what may be missing from the current network architecture. In addition I will identify the wireless technology in use, and how it enhances the hospital network. Looking at the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital intranet Web site it shows seven separate network diagrams. In these seven diagrams there are a Top View, logical, administrative, radiology, and radiology information system data center, information technology data center, and includes the ward floors, the operating room and the intensive care unit. In each section there is a complete detailed description of the network diagrams. Starting with the top view diagram representing the hospital structure from an Information Technology network perspective there are two segments of the network which are the clinical functions and the administrative functions. In the clinical areas include the emergency room and operating room, pharmacy, the labs, radiology, intensive care units, the doctor’s personal offices, and the wards. In the administrative areas are the information technology department, admitting and discharge, human resource, finance, the hospital senior management, and the facilities. The backbone network structure for the entire hospital is 1000 BaseT. According to "1000base-T...
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...Individual: Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 2 10/13/2014 BSA375 Introduction Application architecture is the organizational design of an entire software application. This design includes all sub-components, as well as external application interchanges, and is designed to meet the objectives of the system requirements, set forth by the client and stakeholders at hand. The current goal and objective is finding out the best design for the company. Riordan’s current HRIS system is functional, at the least, but with the right design, could be transformed into an amazing application. Riordan Operational Requirements Riordan must integrate the new HR CRM system with current software. Since the system requires integration with employee’s desktop computers, a client-server architecture would be most beneficial. This would allow for better storage, flexibility to allow different OS to connect, and reduction in costs which is a long term benefit for the company. The client-server architecture would be best to integrate employee desktops. Riordan Performance Requirements Riordan is interested in a high-tech system to integrate the mountains of Human Resource forms and documents. They expect high performance in their new integrated system. This is the reason why we have chosen the client-server architecture. Due to increased scalability, availability, reliability, and better response times with this architecture, Riordan will benefit by easier integration of hardware and speed...
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...the clinical areas include the emergency room and operating room, pharmacy, the labs, radiology, intensive care units, the doctor’s personal offices, and the wards. In the administrative areas are the information technology department, admitting and discharge, human resource, finance, the hospital senior management, and the facilities. The backbone network structure for the entire hospital is 1000 BaseT. According to "1000base-T Delivering Gigabit Intelligence" (n.d.), “1000BASE-T specifies Gigabit Ethernet operation over the Category 5 cabling systems installed according to the specifications of ANSI/TIA/EIA-568A (1995). 1000BASE-T also supports 1000 Mbps operation over the newest emerging EIA/TIA cabling specifications Category 5e”. Individual sections of departmental networks such as Radiology use different standards such as 1000 BaseF. According to "1000basef Or 1000base-F" (n.d.), “1000BaseF, also known as 1000Base-F, is a...
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...Organizational Impact Paul Gemmati OI 361 November 20, 2014 Dr. Stephen Tvorik Organizational Impact Paper Innovation is important to any organization. Managerial positions significantly play an important role on innovation. Creativity, innovation, and design are three factors that should be considered by decision makers in any business. Innovation assists with maintaining leadership and maintaining long-term loyalty from consumers. Three organizations have been selected to show the importance of innovation within each industry. The three companies selected for the purposes of organizational impact are: Southwest Airlines, Motorola, and IBM Corporation, otherwise known as International Business Machines. Southwest Airlines The beginning of Southwest Airlines was in 1971, founders Rollin King and Herb Kelleher drew this idea upon a napkin. The idea was that of a triangle, which represented the three Texas cities they would service (AvStop.com). The company operated with very little funds at first, but that did not hinder them from reaching popularity. Some of the advancements made the airline popular were lower fares and outstanding safety record; also they were the first to offer frequent flyer miles program (2014). Southwest was innovative back then and still continued throughout the years. The idea was to keep their airlines in the forefront against all competitors throughout many years. One way was by purchasing jet fuel at a lower cost for future use; this was...
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...Individual News Article Daniella Baca ECO/372 October 21, 2013 Dr. Darryl Baker Individual News Article A factor that consumers must consider today is the impact that interest rates have on the United States economy. Economists believed that the housing market would begin to heal, auto sales would hit a record high, and the government would begin running a surplus. However, the only correct prediction was the rise in auto sales. Auto sales rose tremendously, and was a good sign of the economy slowly recovering. Even though the government has full control of the economy their actions greatly affect the economy. In this paper I will analyze the effect that interest rates have on the economy and how aggregated supply and demand is affected. The U.S. economy remains weak and the government has considered tapering. Tapering would mean that the government would have to reduce its asset purchase program. This process would have to be slow and gradual so that the markets will not be affected. Economists believe that tapering would result in an increase in interest rates and could have bad effects on the economy. The first part of the economy to be affected would be mortgage rates. The housing market is critical to a thriving economy and higher interest rates would slow it down drastically. For this reason tapering would be risky to the economy. Higher interest rates will hurt everyone except the investors who rely on interest income. Higher interest rates leave...
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...interest or passions? In the world that we are living, there are everyone has their own unique attributes. There are individuals who have excellent health, and some are not as fortunate to have the healthy life that they imagined. Growing up, I’ve always seen individuals that have physical challenges, and which they come to have limitation in life. Back in my native country, Haiti, it was not unusual to see children’s that are anorexic or malnourished. Thus, my heart begin to ache for these suffering children’s. From that time I became very passionate about health issues, of not only children’s, but globally. As years goes by, my passion grew even more; thus, I knew that I was going to be a medical doctor when I grow up. However, there’s a category of individuals that I remark of receiving mistreatment from the society. This category is the individuals that are classified as disabled....
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...A Mother’s Day On The Oregon Trail Aryanna Walker HIS/110 April 5, 2012 William Deberry A Mother On The Oregon Trail Date: July 17th 1847, my husband, 3 kids and I have been on the Oregon Trail for just over 4 month and nearly 2500 miles. We were told that we would get 640 acres in the Willamette valley from the Organic Law of Oregon (Smith, 1998). We will find out in the morning. I am extremely excited for this is the last night before we get there. We left Virginia in March. My husband said that we did this to find a better life out here. He said that we would not have to worry about money. We will be able to grow and hunt everything we need. Any thing we cannot grow or hunt, we can tread for with the Indians or the other settlers. We are not alone on this trip. My husband talked three of my brothers in to coming along with us and they brought their families. My eldest brother has a wife and five older boys much older then my three young daughters. The middle brother has wife and four older children, three boys and a girl. My youngest brother had just married when my husband approached him with the thought of traveling with us. His wife’s family was not fond of the idea and even purchased all of the supplies they were going to need… or so they thought. Luckily there has been a few small trading post and some nicer Indians or they would be walking bare foot. I am so thankful that no one has got seriously hurt or ill. When have met a lot of hostile Indians...
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...paperwork - ACC 422 Week 3 Discussion Questions - consists of: DQ 1: What is the purpose of depreciation? Does the book value of a fixed asset (cost minus accumulated depreciation) communicate to a user what the asset is worth? Explain why or why not. Should the financial statements reflect the value of fixed assets? Explain why or why not. DQ 2: What is an intangible asset? Should all intangible assets be subject to amortization? Explain why or why not. Why are some intangible assets not amortized? What is the implication to the financial statements? DQ 3: What are the different methods used to calculate depreciation? How does a company decide which method it should utilize? How does its choice affect the financial statements? Should companies standardize the method of depreciation to enhance comparability? Explain your answer. General Questions - General General Questions ACC 422 Week 1 Individual Assignment Disclosure Analysis Paper ACC 422 Week 1 WileyPLUS Week Two Assignment ACC 422 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Weekly Reflection ACC 422 Week 2 Learning Team Textbook Assignments 1 ACC 422 Week 3 Individual Assignment WileyPLUS Week Three Assignment ACC 422 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Textbook Assignments 2 ACC 422 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Weekly Reflection ACC 422 Week 4 Individual Assignment WileyPLUS Week Four Assignment ACC 422 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment...
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...Week 3 Individual Assignment - Rebuttal Paper BCOM/275 – Critical Thinking Patty Haynes 07/24/13 Virginia Carter The Rolling Stone magazine has recently been met with a slew of angry outbursts and boycotting for placing the well-known, suspected Boston Bombing Terrorist, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover this month. The magazine is under scrutiny not just for placing his picture on the cover, but for how the picture portrays the suspect. Tsarnaev’s photo is a very glamorous, dreamy eyed, tousled hair, sexier version of himself in the photo. This glorified photo is exactly how The Rolling Stone portrays famous actors and rock stars that are meant to be admired. Harold Maass is the executive editor for an online forum called The Week. He currently posted an article saying that The Rolling Stone shouldn’t be chastised for their choice and it is simply a ploy to sell heaps and heaps of magazines. He states that maybe we shouldn’t be so angry at The Rolling Stone publication because the New York Times posted it on their cover first. Maass also backs up Janet Reitman of The Rolling Stone saying that the only thing that happened here was that he happened to be a huge news feature, and features make the covers of publications. He also agrees with other authors that claim this could help the American public snap out of their daydreams and see that terrorists don’t have to be dirty, rag wearing, foreign language speaking, Muslims. While all of these comments can be boiled...
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...They arrive at the isolated farm, many hours south of Charlottetown. The farmhouse is very basic and Charlie is told he will work seven days a week during daylight and remain in the house at night. He is told he cannot have a personal phone or call family and friends as he needs to focus on his work. His wallet and identification are taken with the explanation that they are needed to process paperwork relevant to the work. Charlie asks what he will be paid but no answer is given. He complains that the conditions are not fair and says he wants to leave. He is told it is too late to back out and that if he complains again he will be beaten. Also, he is too far from anyone who can help him. Charlie works to the point of exhaustion for a month. He is in pain and unable to get up in the mornings, but is made to work in pain. Charlie knows he is in an isolated location and is...
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...located in the Harlem area in NYC, but collaborate with other organizations in the five boroughs of New York City. Domestic violence knows no boundaries, therefore CONNECT serves all ethnicities, gender, age, physical ability and language. They provide targeted services also for special populations, including Spanish-speakers, youth, and LGBTQ survivors of partner violence. CONNECT is a leading, non-profit training, educational and advocacy organization dedicated to the prevention and elimination of interpersonal violence. CONNECT’s multi-level approaches deal with both the systemic and individual roots of violence. In order to align with CONNECT’S mission, a major goal includes transforming individual attitudes, beliefs and behaviors (CONNECT n.d.). CONNECT Mission CONNECT is dedicated to preventing interpersonal violence and promoting gender justice. By building partnerships with individuals and communities, CONNECT strives to help change the beliefs, behaviors and institutions that perpetuate violence. Through legal empowerment, grassroots mobilization and transformative education, CONNECT seeks to create safe families and peaceful communities. Events Special events, also termed fundraising benefits, are various sorts of social gatherings that not only makes money for the organization that’s sponsoring the event, but expands their reputation. The variations among special events are practically limitless, as are the potentials for money earned. Special events are...
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