What were the biggest recent surprises in the housing and real estate market? a) NAHB Housing Market Index had the largest negative surprise while Pending Home sales had the largest positive surprise b) NAHB Housing Market Index and Pending Home sales were only positive surprises. c) NAHB Housing Market Index and Pending Home sales had the largest negative surprises

Consider the following actual and forecast demandlevels for Big Mac hamburgers at a local McDonald’s restaurant:DAY ACTUAL DEMAND FORECAST DEMANDMonday 88 88Tuesday 72 88Wednesday 68 84Thursday 48 80FridayThe forecast for Monday was derived by observing Monday’sdemand level and setting Monday’s forecast level equal to this demand level. Subsequent forecasts were derived by using expo-nential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 0.25. Using this exponential smoothing method, what is the forecast for Big Macdemand for Friday?

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Consider that the quantity of Milk A sold will increase by 50%, the sales revenue of Milk A will decrease by 25%, and the price is determined by sales revenue divided by quantity sold. Which of the following best describes the expected change in Milk A's price in April, compared to March? January February March Milk A Quantity Sold Sales Revenue Quantity Sold 500 800 400 $3,000 $4,400 $2,400 Milk B 1200 1500 950 Select the single best answer: A. increase by 25% B. decrease by 50% C. decrease by 25% D. decrease by 15% E. no change Sales Revenue $5,000 $6,000 $4,400 Quantity Sold Milk C 600 550 700 Sales Revenue $3,400 $3,300 $5,000

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One of South Africa’s biggest highways is getting an upgrade – with traffic delays comingsooner than expectedThe South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced that it will introduce traffic measures on the N3highway outside Pietermaritzburg earlier than expected as it begins major upgrade work.The agency said it will move to introduce a ‘contraflow’ traffic pattern between Camperdown and Dardanelles onthe N3 route from Wednesday evening (9 March).The route is seen as one of the country’s major arteries and is seen as essential to the flow of food and otheressential goods from the country’s biggest port in Durban to its most populous city Johannesburg.“Contraflow is a temporary arrangement where traffic on a road is transferred from its usual side to share the otherhalf of the carriageway with traffic moving in the opposite direction,” said Mohamed Parak, Sanral’s eastern regionproject manager. The upgrade to the highway is aimed at addressing which form of market failure?…

Part C 3. The manager of a certain gasoline station wants to forecast the demand for the unleaded gasoline next month so that the proper number of gallons can be ordered from the distributor. The manager has accumulated the following data demand for unleaded gasoline from sales during the past eight months. Month Gasoline Demanded (gallons) Mar 900 Given that the forecast for March is 920. Apr 755 May 650 Jun 550 Jul 625 Aug 730 Sept 820 Oct 1 100 a. Compute the exponential smoothed forecast for the demand from April to November. Use a = 0.25. b. Compute the exponential smoothed forecast for the demand from April to November. Use a = 0.45. c. Plot the actual demand and the forecasts determined in part a and b on the same graph and compare them. d. Make a comparative analysis out of your answers in the plotted data. (3-5 sentences)

Covid-19 backed by Lockdown generated many economic anomalies. The weeklychange in the price of the mask in a town is given below.Time March1 stweekMarch2 ndweekMarch3 rdweekMarch4 thweekApril1 stweekApril2 ndweekApril3 rdweekApril4 thweekMay1 stweek Price(₹)100 150 175 200 200 175 70 50 50Forecast the Expected price of Mask for the 2 nd week of May.Strangely the Actual price of Mask in the city in the 2 nd week of May was 10 rupees.State at least four economic reasons why your calculated Expected price of Mask didnot match the Actual price of Mask.Now assume when the price of the Mask was 200 rupees per unit 5 lakh customersbought it. As the price reduced to 50 rupees only 1 lakh customers bought it.Calculate elasticity of demand and state which laws of economics are violated in thiscase, and how?

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is the world heading for a recession? explain the conditons under which the world can be classified as being in a recession as COVID-19 persists. explain linking the pandemic to the various stages of a recession