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MacBook Growth Should Lead Apple, Inc. Stock Higher In 2017
- Analysts are starting to get more upbeat on Apple's impending Mac refresh.
- I'm anticipating market share gain, stabilization in PC shipments to drive 10% sales growth in the PC segment.
- The next fiscal year is supportive of growth in all of the major consumer electronics categories, which reasserts my bullish thesis.
The PC market is starting to recover and it seems Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have captured the right timing to launch its next generation MacBook Pro line-up. We haven't seen a compelling product refresh in the Ultrabook category for quite a while, but with Apple releasing new incremental features, and heightened commentary from the sell side, investors should anticipate a return to growth in the PC segment in FY'17.
The key takeaway
On Augusts 20th 2016, analyst Amit Daryanani from RBC capital Markets mentioned that Apple's upcoming refresh will return the company to growth. It's worth noting that the analyst only anticipates 3% y/y sales growth in FY 2017, which is quite conservative, so next-year Apple should be in a reasonable position to sustain y/y earnings/sales beats.
Here was the key highlight from the analyst note:
While investors are rightfully focused on the upcoming iPhone 7 launch, we think AAPL could announce a MacBook Pro refresh (not done in last 4 years) sometime in CQ4:16, most likely at a separate event following the September iPhone event (possibly along with the traditional iPad refresh event). While Mac revenues represent ~10-15% of total AAPL sales, we think a product overhaul could be positive for Mac revenues which saw three consecutive quarters of y/y declines so far for FY16 and could return this segment to growth in FY17.
As Daryanani noted, the refresh should translate into some incremental revenue impact for Apple, Inc. despite the limited revenue mix of PCs when compared to smartphones. Furthermore, it's hard to model the revenue ramp for the Mac segment upon refresh. While there are silver linings to the upcoming launch of the MacBook Pro, it's worth noting that Apple's market share has remained relatively stagnant in the PC space, according to Gartner.
However, the launch of a new device should sustain Apple's market share above 80% in the $1,200+ (high-end) segment. When looking at overall PC trends, we're starting to see recovery as we move through the trough parts of the current PC cycle.
I've mentioned in numerous articles that the PC market will eventually recover, as device fatigue wasn't strictly limited to the PC market, but also smartphones and tablets as well. Despite the weakening environment on a broad basis for consumer electronics, the return to growth should be broad based across all major device categories as consumers have demonstrated that product segmentation alone is not enough to dissuade the use cases for both laptop and desktop PCs. There's still demand for productivity devices, and while there's some potential for cannibalization from the high-end Apple iPad Pro, it's worth noting that the Ultrabook segment seems healthily insulated despite indications to the contrary.
So what should investors anticipate going into the next fiscal year?
I'm anticipating some recovery in demand for the broad PC market, perhaps low single-digit growth in 2017 seems attainable given the age of the current PC installed base and on-going efforts by both Apple and the Wintel alliance to revive the aged category.
Intel will provide its own guidance on consumer PC shipments at the next investor day, and I'm anticipating revenue guidance for the Client Computing Group to be in the range of 0% to 3% growth y/y.
Furthermore, fixed broadband penetration has been slow in emerging markets, but is expected to accelerate, which translates into heightened use cases for fixed computing devices. So, I feel fairly compelled that the PC will become a resurgent device category once there's the accompanying internet infrastructure to support both desktop and laptops as opposed to smartphones. The PC market has high pricing sensitivity, but the one consistency is Apple's overwhelming dominance in the premium category.
I'm anticipating PC shipments will stabilize at around 275 million units in 2017, which would imply very modest growth between CY 2016 and CY 2017. However, I'm anticipating Apple's market share to reach 8 percentage points or more, which is a very modest share gain when compared to the 7.1% market share it had in Q2'16 (Gartner Statistics).
I'm anticipating Mac shipments of 21.94 million at an ASP of $1,250, implying revenue of $27.426 billion in FY'16, which compares to my FY'15 estimate of $24.948 billion. Apple's market share in the high-end ($1,250+) will likely exceed 90% in FY'17, and 10% y/y in Mac revenue seems attainable.
Final thoughts
These estimates seem somewhat aggressive. However, when factoring in pricing elasticity and historical market share trends whenever Apple releases a new line-up of PCs, I feel fairly confident about my PC estimate.
Furthermore, the iPad is starting to exhibit some y/y momentum in sales, which is implicit of sustained revenue growth in all of Apple's lower performing categories. Hence, the next fiscal year should be full of earnings surprises as Apple's growth seems fairly balanced across its various product categories as opposed to the heightened dependence on smartphones.
China wasn't a factor this year, and next year shipments to Chinese consumer may slow further. However, the aged customer base provides enough supporting evidence that refresh fueled demand is supportive of low-teen revenue growth in all of Apple's consumer electronics categories. In other words, the demand from North America, Europe and Japan will be the primary sources of growth, as the Chinese installed base is relatively new thus diminishing the likelihood of Chinese refresh fueled demand. However, the remaining geographic regions should exhibit more momentum, thus reducing the dependence on China's emerging middle class.
As such, investors should continue to buy Apple shares in anticipation of major product launches. I continue to reiterate my buy recommendation. I'm also removing my price target until I conduct a full financial model update for FY'17.


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St Lucia: Micheal Hussey described his blistering knock of 60 of 24 balls against Pakistan as 'the best feeling you can have'.
With his side chasing a huge target of 191 and struggling at 139-6 in the 17th over, the 35 year old left hander pulled off a magical partnership along with Cameron White. White made a significant contribution as well scoring 43 runs of 31 balls.
Hussey scored 3 sixes of 4 balls to overhaul Pakistan's target of 191 where Pakistan were having an upper hand throughout the match. He now becomes the joint highest scorer of the tournament with one more game in hand.
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Pakistani spearhead, Mohammad Sami had no answers to his terrific batting display striking him for 28 runs in the 16th over hitting four sixes, including three in a row.
"Hussey is an absolute freak," said skipper Micheal Clarke at the presentation ceremony. "He and White played superbly.
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When Global Offensive was released, the team completely focused on the new game with immediate results. Their first tournament attended was at ESL's CM Storm CS:GO Opening Cup, in which the squad took the 22nd place of the more than 2,000 registered teams. è arrivata l'ora di tappezzare il proprio fidato fucile come fosse l'armadio di una 15enne fan sfegatata di Bieber! Infatti con l'aggiornamento arrivato proprio ieri sullo sparatutto competitivo di Valve, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, sono stati introdotti gli stickers, ovvero dei veri e propri adesivi da poter attaccare sulle proprie armi per personalizzarle ulteriormente.Outside the remarkable demand for trading, CS: GO betting has become an addiction for thousands of players, and is centered around waging with skins. Websites like BetCSGO, CSGORumble, and CSGOLounge enjoy hundreds of thousands if not millions of visitors per month as an increasing number of users find interest in watching professional players, gambling on who they believe will win in certain matches, and hopefully reaping the rewards of their efforts.The CS: GO community has benefited greatly from this microtransaction-oriented addition to the game. Today, CS: GO stands as one of the most popular games in the world with a consistent 500,000+ concurrent player count, and it's due in large part to the introduction of these skins. With this incredible amount of popularity, tournament are held regularly and with increasing prize pools, and so has the game's attractiveness for sponsors. There's a community centered around CS: GO, eSport matches, skins, and more that surpasses anything that the franchise has ever achieved before. As the game has built up a massive market, dedicated players have been able to make a good living playing the game as professional gamers, managers, shoutcasters, and streamers.In addition to the map tweaks, they have also added a crosshair style that was originally used in the 1.6 and Source versions. The new crosshair (cl_crosshairstyle 5) will be emulating the same non-dynamic behavior of its classic predecessors.
The news comes out of the GlobalOffensiveTrade subreddit, where a post was made by Freakesport pointing to evidence of duping of the AWP | Dragon Lore skin, which you can see above and was worth around $1500, along with many others. All the items traded go through the same two accounts, then they are reported as stolen and Valve creates copies, as it's the only way they can restore lost items without harming legitimate customers. This was part of the reason for the new trading rules regarding phone authentication, but it seems something isn't working.A post on the main CS:GO subreddit has brought this to the attention of the wider community and, hopefully, Valve. Poster Derpcrawler shows that some basic napkin math and assumptions would indicate that over $1,000,000 will have been injected into the economy by this method. They also explains why this is actively damaging, lowering the prices of rarer items meaning less money going into the game. It isn't a massive problem now - the price of a single gun skin dropping from $1500 to $1300 isn't the end of the world for a wider audience - but could be a serious issue in the long run if Valve allow it to continue.Here is a simple step-by-step guide in wiping out the extension from Google Chrome:
I was very skeptical going into CS:GO as I was told there was a steep learning curve, the players are unfriendly and that it would take me hundreds of hours to actually get halfway decent at the game. This is why it took me so many years to buy it. However, when I eventually caved in about two weeks ago, I found that everything I had been told about CS:GO was 100% true… But in a good way.CS:GO is an online only, first person shooter (FPS) developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. Valve are famous for the Halflife series, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress (as well as their successors). On top of this, they are the creators of arguably the best gaming tool for PC gamers, Steam.Which is to say, clothing label Betabrand has just launched an official CS:GO clothing line, in association with Valve. Using official and user-created weapon skins, they're offering multiple designs on jackets, t-shirts, dresses, blouses and more. Have fun; be the kind of person you'd like to play games with hanks to GameServers for being a darn good server provider. If there's a config setting you'd like changed or a map you'd like to see in the rotation, just let me know or leave a comment on the Steam Workshop collection. Messages sent to firstname.lastname@example.com stir my spinal community antennae implant.In de nieuwe CS GO update zit ook de populaire Nuke map, deze map neemt plaats in een kerncentrale, zoals de naam al een beetje weggeeft. De map heeft meerdere lagen, waarschijnlijk is dat ook de reden dat hij zo populair is onder CS GO spelers.What joins CSGO on our list of the best PC games ever?
For Fifflaren, the answer is something very much like what DOTA 2 has already. "So this major, we had a new record in terms of viewership and the amount of people that are actually playing the game, but I think that's eventually going to slow down. I think that's when Valve needs to take that extra step forward and create the CS:GO version of The International."Correction - 30/06: A previous version of this article said that OPSkins co-founder Artur Minacov dropped out of college to focus on his business. Rather, Minacov dropped out to pursue a previous business that was not OPSkins.Siege is a unique experience and in many respects an enormous step forward. But it's almost as if every so often it has to give you a slap just to bring you back to reality.
This kind of gambling – licensed, regulated, and by adults, is generally accepted in eSports. There is growing concern, though, that teenagers are being attracted to different forms of betting facilitated by third-party providers.You're dead, and you're broke. How are you going to win the next round when the enemy team has body armor and rifles and you don't? Musik-Kits: Nur k?uflich im Spielmenü erh?ltlich
Mortal Kombat X has a lot of different little fight modifiers that you can enable yourself in offline "kustom kombat" matches, or you can roll the dice and play "test your luck" matches online or off, which dial up a handful of random modifiers and drop you into a battle. There are a lot of these, including basic stuff like lowering the recovery time on uppercuts or giving you more meter. Some of them make the screen wobble around or force you to fight upside down. One time I got something called "kick dive," which reduces your entire move-set down to just the Kung Lao-style dive kick. But I only saw that one pop up once and it doesn't seem to be on the kustom kombat list, which shows the modifiers whether you've unlocked them or not. Weird. It's strange and a little disappointing that you can't cook up some mix of custom modifiers, save them, and use them against friends in online matches. Your only option online is to play the random, test your luck variant.It's also worth noting that the game is extremely in-your-face about its after-purchase options. There's a 25th character, Goro, that comes with some pre-order copies of the game, but if you don't have him already, his icon shows on the character select screen with "PRESS X TO PURCHASE GORO" showing up when you attempt to select him. Goro appears to be for sale for $5. There's also a large window on the main menu that cycles through the season pass characters and some skin options that are also for sale. While I think the "Cold Steel" Sub-Zero skin looks really cool, the game presents its DLC in a really gaudy way. On top of that, the game can give you daily faction challenges for characters that you don't own. And, to round things out, a handful of characters that don't appear as playable show up in the story, including Tanya, who is one of the four characters coming as part of the game's season pass. They'll even sell you packs of consumable "easy fatality" tokens, in case pausing the game, looking at the moves list, and executing the fatality properly is too much for you. Or maybe you'll just want to spend $20 to unlock everything from the game's "krypt" section. Mortal Kombat is one of the great, long-running franchises of gaming and its popularity is already well-documented. Packing it with various real money transactions and having the game try to upsell me in multiple spots cheapens the experience.The PC version of Mortal Kombat X launched in a literally unplayable state due to it attempting to use the same kind of "play part of the game while the rest downloads" technology that you've seen on modern consoles. This ended up ruining the first night of play, but I haven't had any issues with that end of the game since. The PC version of the game looks fantastic with everything turned up and is well-integrated with Steam for matchmaking purposes. The two console versions are roughly the same, with the most meaningful differences being your controller preference and where you have the most friends to play with. The PlayStation 4 version of the game supports PS3 fight sticks over USB, which is a nice touch if you fell on the Sony side last time around and have that hardware already.Ubisoft's hasty "free weekend," launched shortly after release as well as falling retail prices haven't helped. Some looked at this, and the layer of microtransactions that already existed in-game and reached the understandable conclusion that Siege would soon enough be a fully free-to-play game, making people even less likely to try it out. It's hard to think of how Ubisoft could have botched it more completely.Luckily we don't need to, because the game itself represents one of the most chaotic and heroic product launches of recent times. Chaotic because it was released in an unfit state after a beta that clearly showed it wasn't ready (I'll come to the specifics). And heroic because, amidst the debris, Ubisoft Montreal threw out the schedule of one-patch-per-month in order to deliver three substantial patches in the game's first six weeks.To test Nvidia's assertion that the card was ideal for MOBA games, I took it for a spin on some of the most popular titles in the genre: League of Legends, Dota 2, and Heroes of the Storm.We recently reviewed the Corsair Strafe ($110), a mechanical keyboard with semi-customizable backlighting. Since then, the Strafe RGB keyboard has come out as the higher-end RGB version with the same chassis.Lange mussten wir auf Nachschub warten, aber Operation Wildfire bringt nun wieder sieben Maps aus der Community, die in den n?chsten Monaten jeder im Competitive Matchmaking und in anderen Spielmodi auf den offiziellen Servern von Valve spielen kann.ʏһҳúcs go all ak skins
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Ever-increasing property tax levels and student loan debt prove that liberal ideas promoted by educators have the effect of making them rich while exploiting working-class Americans. What adds insult to injury is that educators constantly preach that a college education is the best route working-class students can pursue to lift themselves up and escape the exploitation and oppression created by capitalism.More here.
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Academic institutions have changed little since the post-WWII expansions of the 1950s, while the world around them has changed dramatically. What little change has occurred appears focused on the proliferation of pointless administrative positions [and a hard core leftist ideology] whose sole purpose is to make the institution more expensive and less efficient. An imitation of the US auto industry in the 1960s. We know how that turned out.And, as I've noted in a number of previous posts, due to technology and the growth of autodidactism, "establishment" education is becoming somewhat of a dinosaur - at least in its current form. Just the opportunities and options available to homeschoolers and those who want specialized knowledge and instruction are virtually limitless these days. The professor who left academia after 40 years would agree:
Due to technological changes, I no longer really need the resources of a large institution. Computing power?—I've now got a machine with 8 Gb of memory (upgradeable to 32 Gb) and a 1.2 Ghz processor. And that's just my phone. Cluster computing I can get from Amazon or Google using my credit card; dozens of companies can provide web hosting. Email account?—free. Wireless internet hotspot?—$30 addition to my Verizon plan. [20] Blog—free!This is decentralization and democratization of education on a grand scale and the financial realities of a grossly overpriced service is hastening all this along - a fact that many academics and "professional" educators wished were not true. I think its wonderful and that this will have many positive, long term implications.
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Superior: Most Cox & Kings tours fall under this category and are based in 4- or 5-star accommodation, or the best available.
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Advertising Excerpt (Springwater News, Dec 31, 2014):
Wishing you joy this holiday season.
As we gather with our families and friends to celebrate the hope and joy of the season, we extend best wishes to the residents of Springwater.
The Midhurst Landowners Group is proud of the coming new development in Midhurst. We look forward to working with the new Council to build an exceptional community, based on the cornerstones of excellence in environmental protection, community design and architecture.
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- Happy New Year! (see Jan 2014),
- Families are Forever (see Feb 14, 2014),
- A Vision for the Future (see Mar 2014),
- Reaching Out – Community Update (see Mar 2014),
- Letter to Midhurst Ratepayers Association president's home (see July 17, 2014),
- Approvals Advancing on Master Planned Community (see Sept 2014),
- Another Step Forward (Sept 25, 2014)
- Protecting the Environment (see Oct 9, 2014),
- Tell the Truth: Lies Create Fear. And that's not good for democracy. (mail flyer, Oct 2014, see below)
- Building a Better Tomorrow (Oct 23, 2014),
- Be AWARE of Lies. Demand the Truth (see Oct 23, 2014), and
- Springwater Township election results (see Oct 27, 2014).
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I've done a bit of all of those except the slacklining. Keen to do some more and try the slacklining.
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WINNIPEG — If you wear a helmet to Thursday night's NHL game at the MTS Centre between the Winnipeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks, it won't be allowed inside the arena.
Jets co-owner and True North chairman Mark Chipman said today that fans will not be allowed to wear or bring a helmet into the arena Thursday night whether or not they intend to participate in the media-initiated "#pardyhelmet" campaign.
When the Jets visited Chicago Nov. 6, Winnipeg defenceman Adam Pardy was checked hard into the boards, dislodging the glass. While Pardy was pinned to the boards with a crowd of players after the check, a fan reached out and snatched off Pardy's helmet and another dumped a beer on his head.
The video of the incident has gone viral and the this week's campaign in Winnipeg grew out of that.
There was a subsequent apology from Blackhawks president John McDonough and GM Stan Bowman, and Chipman said today that laudable reaction, along with the professional way Pardy dealt with the matter, must not be diminished.
"The fan that was involved has shown a great deal of remorse," Chipman said today at the MTS Centre after the Jets released a statement on the matter. "He has contacted our organization, he's contacted Adam Pardy, he's made a very sincere apology. He's made an unsolicited, unnecessary but very much appreciated donation to our Foundation, which he acknowledges doesn't excuse in any way what he did. But I judge his apology to be very sincere.
"We all make mistakes and I just don't think it's appropriate to rub people's noses in it or in any way participate in something that would promote the initial error that occurred and diminsh the way Adam conducted himself and the way the Blackhawks conducted themselves."
Chipman also said he hopes fans who previously have dressed in costumes or gear that included a helmet will understand this "one-off."
"This isn't so much a way to thwart people's attempt to show their enthusiasm as it is to get the light off this unfortunate incident that occurred," he said. "It's in the past, and (we want to) move forward.
"We've got a hockey game to play tomorrow night against arguably the best team in the league. That ought to be our focus, not to participate in some stunt, for lack of a better way of expressing it."


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Discussion in 'General Battlerite' started by Eiichi12, Jan 1, 2017.
I want to know your guys opinions on who is the best champ and why?
This same thread already open dude. Anyway, ı think shifu
It says favorite champ. Not best
Oh right,sorry.
It is ok.
I am more of a melee type of person so Freya is fit for me especially her shield
If I had to pick one, I'd say a good Shifu is the most flexiable in any team composition. He's mobile, does good damage, has a reliable counter, and good selction of battlerites.
Indeed, you are definately right.
All champs are good in some situations mate so you cant tell wich one is THE BEST. That is only my opinion.
But if you want to know wich one i play best of any other , i would say Ashka.
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A London council is demanding that a new free school employs only qualified teachers — despite not having any powers to do so.
Lambeth council has stepped into the free school row by asking a group setting up a new school in Brixton to pledge they will only employ "suitably qualified" people.
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Graduate Schools in Niles, Ohio
There are at least 2 colleges in the Niles area that have graduate programs. This includes graduate schools in cities surrounding Niles (Hiram, Youngstown). The specific degree types offered by each school are included below. Popular graduate degrees include Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Masters in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD).
For more graduate school options, we have also compiled a list of featured Graduate Schools in Ohio.
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Based on 2008-2009 information.
Hiram College
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If real GDP in a small country in 2005 is $8 billion and the real GDP in the same country in 2006 is $8.3 billion, the growth rate of real GDP between 2005 and 2006
is 3.75%
is 3.6%
is 3.0%
cannot be determined from the information given.
According to the "Rule of 70", how many years will it take for real GDP per capita to double when the growth rate of real GDP per capita is 5%?
less than 1 year
14 years
5 years
35 years
The quantity of goods and services that can be produced by one worker or by one hour of work is
labor productivity
real GDP
human capital
What two factors are the keys to determining labor productivity?
technology and the quantity of capital per hour worked
the growth rate of real GDP and interest rate
the average level of education of the workforce and the price level
the business cycle and the growth rate of real GDP
Human capital refers to which of the following?
manufactured goods that are used to produce other goods and services
the accumulated knowledge and skills workers acquire from education and training or from their life experiences
the quality of good and services that can be produced by one worker or by one hour of work
physical that is made by human laborers, not machines
On difference between stocks and bonds is that
stocks represent ownership in companies, while bonds represent ownership in banks.
stocks usually issued in electronic form, while bonds are usually issued in paper form.
stocks so not involve a promise to repay the purchaser of the stock, while bonds represent a promise to repay the purchase price of the bond.
stocks are financial securities, while bonds are labor market securities.
In addition to matching households that have excess funds with firms that want to borrow funds, what three key services does the financial system provide for savers and borrowers?
risk-sharing, liquidity, and information
information, profit, and interest
high risk, high profit, and low savings
bonds, stocks, and mutual funds
In a closed economy, which of the following components of GDP is NOT included?
government spending
net exports
In a closed economy, which of the following equations reflects investment? (Y=GDP, C= Consumption, G=Government purchases, T=Taxes, and TR=Transfers)
Under which of the following circumstances would the government be running a deficit?
G= $7 trillion
T= $10 trillion
TR= $3 trillion
G= $7 trillion
T= $7 trillion
G= $5 trillion
T= $7 trillion
TR= $1 trillion
G= $5 trillion
T= $5 trillion
TR= $1 trillion
Inflation tends to________during the expansion phase of the business cycle and________during a recession phase of the business cycle.
increase; increase further
increase; decrease
decrease; decrease further
decrease; increase
Consider the following data for a simple economy:
Total Population 20,000
Working-Age Population 15,000
Employment 1,000
Unemployment 100
Total Population 20,000
Working-Age Population 15,000
Employment 1,000
Unemployment 100
Refer to the table above. The unemployment rate for this simple economy equals
Cyclical employment is the result of
a slowdown in the economy
the ups and downs in inflation
the search process of matching workers with jobs
frictional unemployment equals zero
Economist consider full employment to occur when
everyone who wants a job has a job
all existing unemployment is either frictional unemployment or structural unemployment
frictional unemployment and structural unemployment equals zero
Which of the following would be the best measure of the cost of living?
real GDP per person
GDP deflator
Consumer Price Index
The consumer price index is the
ratio of the dollar amount necessary to buy the market basket of goods in that year divided by the dollar amount necessary to buy of goods in the base year.
ratio of the dollar amount necessary to buy a basket of goods typically consumed in the current period divided by the dollar amount necessary to buy the market basket of goods in the base year.
cost of a basket of goods typically consumed in the current period.
the cost of a basket of goods typically consumed in the base year.
Consider the following values of the consumer price index for 2002 and 2003.
Year CPI
2002 180
2003 184
The inflation rate for 2003 equals
184 percent
2.2 percent
4.0 percent
18.4 percent
The real interest rate equals the nominal interest rate_______the inflation rate.
divided by
Suppose you borrow $1,000 at an interest rate of 12 percent. If the expected real interest rate is 5 percent, then the rate of inflation over the upcoming year that would be most beneficial to you would be a rate inflation.
less than 7 percent
greater than 7 percent
equal to 7 percent
equal to 0 percent
Assume the market basket for the consumer price index has two products--meant and potatoes--with the following values in 2000 and 2006 for price and quality:
Base Year
Product Quality Price (2000) Product Quality Price (2006)
Meat 100 $10 Meat 120 $12
Potatoes 200 $2 Potatoes 180 $3
The Consumer Price Index for 2006 equals
Full employment is not considered to be zero unemployment, because
of cyclical unemployment
some people do not want a job
even though there are enough jobs, the search process of matching workers with jobs and the mismatch between skills and job requirements prevent individuals from immediately finding jobs.
there are not enough jobs for everyone who wants one.
Gross domestic product in the economy is measured by the
total number of goods and services produced in the economy
total number of services produced in the economy
dollar value of all final goods and services produced in the economy
total number of goods produced int eh economy
How are intermediate goods treated in the calculation of GDP?
Their value is not counted separately, but included as part of the value of the final good for.
Their value is counted separately, and their value is also included as part of the value of the final good for which they are an input.
They are included only if they are imported.
Their value is counted separately, but not included as part of the value of the final good for which they are an input.
Investment spending includes spending on
transfer payments
changes in business inventories
In a small economy, gross investment in 2009 is $1,500, consumption spending is $6,000, net investment is $200, government spending is $1,500, exports are $2,000 and imports are $1,000. What is the GDP for the economy in 2009?
GDP is not a perfect measure of well-being because
GDP is not adjusted for pollution.
GDP is adjusted for increases in drug addiction .
GDP is adjusted for changes in crime rates.
the value of leisure is included in GDP.
The underground economy can be described as
production of infrastructure that spurs growth in the rest of the economy.
production of intermediate goods and services.
economic production that includes mining.
economic activity that is hidden from the government to avoid taxed or because the activity is illegal.
The measure of production that values production using current prices is called
underground GDP
nominal GDP
value-added GDP
Given the information, what can we say has happened in the economy from 2008 and 2009?
2008 2009
Nominal GDP $10,000 $12,000
Real GDP $9,500 $10,500
The price level has risen.
The price level has remained constant.
The price level has fallen.
Not enough information is available to determine what has happened to prices.
If real GDP increases we know for sure that
prices have risen
output has risen
prices have remained constant
prices have risen but output has remained constant
If the GDP deflator rises from 185 to 190, what is the rate of inflation between the two years.
Gross national product is defined as
the value of final goods and services produced within the United States, by United States residents.
the value of final goods and services produced outside of the United States.
the value of final goods and services produced by residents of the United States even if the production takes place outside of the United States.
the value of final goods and services produced within the United States.
Disposable personal income is
national income minus depreciation.
personal income minus indirect business taxes.
national income minus personal taxes.
personal income minus personal taxes.
National income is
NNP minus income taxes.
GDP minus depreciation.
GNP plus depreciation.
GDP minus sales taxes.
What are the four major categories of expenditure?
Labor, capital, natural resources, and entrepreneurship.
Final goods, intermediate goods, production, and income.
Wages, interest, rent, and profit.
Consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports.
What is GDP an imperfect measurement of total production in the economy?
GDP does not include household production or production form the underground economy.
The official measure of GDP does not include intermediate goods and services.
GDP measures total income paid to the factors of production, not production
The BEA does not include the value of new houses in GDP
What are the four categories of income?
wages, salaries, interest, and dividends
consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports
wages, interest, rent, and profit
labor , capital, natural resources, and entrepreneurship
Suppose the base year is 2001. Looking at GDP data from the United States from 2001 to the present, what would be true of the relationship between nominal GDP and real GDP?
RGDP = NGDP because prices are stable.
RGDP < NGDP because prices are rising.
RGDP > NGDP because prices are falling.
The relationship is uncertain without more information on prices.
Real GDP per capita is often used as a measure of general well-being. While increases in real GDP often do lead to increases in the well-being of the population, why is real GDP not a perfect measure of well-being?
The costs of pollution are not included.
The value of leisure is not included
GDP does not include crime rates or income distribution
All of the above
Personal income is
national income minus retained corporate earnings plus government transfer payments and interest on government bonds.
national income minus income taxes.
equal to the value of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders during one year.
national income plus government transfer payments.
The largest component of gross domestic income is
Coffee beans purchased by a coffee shop are a
intermediate good.
final good.
Johnny is currently "in-between" jobs. What type of unemployment fits Johnny's status?
Structurally unemployed
Seasonally unemployed
Cyclically unemployed
Fictionally unemployed
Which of the following makes changes in the CPI overstate the true inflation rate?
Increase in quality bias
New product bias
Substitution bias
Which of the following best describes a current trend in the labor force participation rate?
It is increasing for men and decreasing for women.
It is decreasing for both men and women.
It is increasing for both men and women.
It is decreasing for men and increasing for women.
How does the U.S. economy create and destroy millions of jobs each year? (Mark all that apply.)
Some businesses are expanding, while others are contracting
In the market system, new firms are constantly entering and exiting various industries.
The federal government determines that certain industries are obsolete and closes firms.
When unemployment is high, the federal government hires more workers to offset the effects of unemployment.
IF a 3-month Treasury bill pays 5.5% and the change in the consumer price index (CPI) is 4.7%, what is the real interest rate (the true return to lending)?
Your father earned $34,000 per year in 1984. To the nearest dollar, what is that equivalent to in 2008 if the CPI in 2008 is 215 and the CPI in 1984 is 104?
Having happy workers increases business. This is an example of
Structural unemployment
Union contracts
Market strategies
Efficiency wages
Even perfectly anticipated inflation imposes costs. Why?
A)Some wages will fail to keep up with the anticipated inflation.
B)Menu costs
C)Paper money loses it purchasing power by the rate of inflation.
A and C only.
Consider the following table:
Nominal Average
Year Hourly Earnings CPI
2008 $16 202
2009 $17 207
2010 $18 209
What is the real average hourly wage in 2009?
What can be said about real average hourly earnings and nominal average hourly earnings between 2008 and 2010?
Real average hourly earnings decreased and nominal average hourly earnings increased.
Both real and nominal average hourly earnings decreased.
Real average hourly earnings increased and nominal average hourly earnings decreased.
Both real and nominal average hourly earnings increased.
Indicate whether the following statement is true or false and why. "A wage rising slower than the rate of inflation is actually falling."
True. If wages are increasing slower that the average price of goods and services, purchasing power increases.
True. If wages are increasing slower that the average price of goods and services, purchasing power falls.
False. A higher wage decreases purchasing power regardless of inflation.
False. A higher wage increases purchasing power regardless of inflation.
When the economy is at full employment,
all remaining unemployment is either frictional or structural.
the nature rate of unemployment prevails.
the unemployment rate is greater than zero.
All of the above.
Which of the following formulas does the Bureau of Labor Statistics use to calculate the unemployment rate?
Number of unemployed
________________________ x 100
Working-age population
Number of unemployed
________________________ x 100
Number of employed
Number in labor force
________________________ x 100
Number of unemployed
Number of unemployed
________________________ x 100
Number in labor force
The true cost of borrowing and lending is best measured by
the inflation rate.
the three-month U.S. Treasury bill rate.
the nominal interest rate.
the real interest rate.
Which of the following can give an early warning of future increases in the price level?
Consumer price index
Producer price index
Which of the following can give an early warning of future increases in the price level
As of September 2011, which of the following demographics groups has the highest unemployment rate?
African Americans
What effect do labor unions have on the unemployment rate?
By increasing the wage above market equilibrium, labor unions considerably increase the unemployment rate.
By increasing the wage above market equilibrium, labor unions considerably decrease the unemployment rate.
Labor unions can significantly increase the unemployment rate when members go on strike.
Since few non-government workers are unionized, there is no significant effect on the unemployment rate.
What factors would cause the U.S. labor productivity to be nearly six times higher than Russian labor productivity?
The size of the civilian labor force in larger in Russia, causing diminishing returns to set in.
The size of the civilian labor force is larger in the U.S.
The U.S. has more capital available per worker and higher levels of technology.
Russia overall has a smaller capital stock
During a recession, unemployment would be expected to
stay the same
during a recession, durable goods production, such as automobiles, would be expected to
During a recession, the inflation rate would be expected to
stay the same
The most important factor in explaining increases in real GDP per capita in the long run is increase in productivity.
When tax revenue exceeds government spending (government purchases and transfer payment) there is a
budget surplus
balanced budget
budget deficit
When tax revenue equals government spending there is a
When tax revenue is less than government spending there is a
a balanced budget
Which of the following expressions shows the investment-saving equality?
Which of the following is not a loanable fund?
Real estate
Bank certificates of deposit
Mutual fund shares
Households supply loanable funds because of the
wage income earned from working in the financial markets.
rent income they receive as resource owner.
interest income received from the borrowers
profit income earned from running a money-lending business
Businesses demand loanable funds because
firms need to borrow funds for new projects, such as building new factories or carrying out new projects
households charge a much higher rate of interest than the going rate of interest in the loanable funds market.
What is the general relationship between the business cycle and unemployment and inflation?
During an expansion, unemployment and inflation increase.
During an expansion, unemployment falls and inflation increase.
During an recession, unemployment and inflation increase.
During an recession, unemployment and inflation decrease.
The rule of 70 is a mathematical formula that is used to calculate the number of years it takes real GDP per capita or any other variable to double.
Crowding out occurs when governments must borrow funds which cause interest rates to rise and thus private investment is reduced.
Two key factors that cause labor productivity to increase over time are
quantity of capital per hour worked
level of technology
quantity of labor per hour worked
decline in unionization
slacking of labor laws
Which of the following will NOT lead to economic growth?
Technological change
Increase in the capital stock
Increase in average wages
Improved labor productivity
Which of the following is most likely to lead to sustained long-run growth?
increases in labor productivity
increases in the labor participation rate
exploitation of natural resources
transfer of workers from agricultural to industrial sectors
During the expansion phase of the business cycle, production, employment, and income
During the recession phase of the business cycle, production, employment, and income
Firms that act as financial intermediaries match households that have excess funds with firms that want to borrow funds. What other key services does the financial system provide to savers and lenders?
allows savers to spread their money among many financial investments.
provides an easy method of exchanging a financial security for money.
collects and communicates information about borrowers to savers.
insures investments against decreasing in value.
Long-run growth in GDP is determined by
capital, labor productivity, and technology
capital, labor productivity, and government expenditures
consumption, investment, and government expenditures
consumption, investment, and technology
Technological progress is affected by
private property rights
new software developments
population growth
investment in capital
Potential GDP
measures the maximum that a firm is capable of producing
increases over time as the labor force grows.
increases over time as technological change occurs
Which of the following contribute(s) to shorter recessions,longer expansions, and less severe fluctuations in real GDP?
monetary policy
unemployment insurance
a service-based economy
Business cycle: alternating periods of economics expansion and economic recession.
Long-run economic growth: the process by which rising productivity increases the average standard of living.
The best measurement for the standard of living is
GDP per person
real GDP per capita
This is the equation of growth of real GDP:
Real GDP 2012 - Real GDP 2011
--------------------------------------------- x 100
Real GDP 2011
Rule of 70= the number of years to double.
Growth rate
The quantity of goods and services that can be produced in one hour of work or by one worker
potential GDP
Manufactured goods that are used to produce goods and services.
Financial markets
The level of real GDP attained when all firms are producing at capacity.
Potential GDP
Labor productivity
Markets where financial securities such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold.
financial markets
financial intermediaries
The system of financial markets and financial intermediaries through which firms gain funds from households.
Financial system
Financial market
Firms such as banks, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies, that barrow funds from savers and lend then to borrowers.
Financial intermediaries
Financial advisors
The interaction of borrowers and lenders that determines the market interest rate and quantity of loanable funds exchanged.
Market for loanable funds
Crowding out
A decline in private expenditures as a result of an increase in Government purchases.
Crowding in
During a recession, durable goods decrease and undurable goods don't change because they are essential.


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Logan Gray: Oh yeah, I've been getting lots lately.
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Gray: I just got in the last couple of weeks: Tennessee, Nebraska and Texas A&M.
Grant: What does that put your offer list up to? Are you to 30 offers yet?
Gray: Not quite that high. I haven't counted in the last couple of weeks. I'm up to about 15, but I may have over 20. I'm not sure.
Grant: Have you begun to pick some favorites at this point?
Gray: I'm trying to, but I've been getting a lot more offers. So there's more schools added in. I'm going to try and narrow it down some, but I haven't officially done it yet.
Grant: When do you think you will have list of favorites?
Gray: I think by the summer I'm going to have a top 7 or 8.
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Discussion in 'Troubleshooting and Problems' started by Greeney03, Dec 2, 2011.
(1.0.4) One of my members was unable to create new threads because of this issue:
Tell them to clear their browser cache.
Will try this and report back.
That didn't work unfortunately.
It's definitely a local issue to that user, so either browser cache, something disabled or a plug-in.
That's what I thought too as he was the only member unable to create a new thread. Any ideas what plugins?
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That was my bad, I didn't add it to the title..
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By Dave Sheinin
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
VERO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 13 -- In Washington, Roger Clemens was somewhere between his 112th and 113th denial of steroids use when, 900 miles away, his former manager took a seat under a framed Jackie Robinson jersey, in a faded flower of a village nicknamed Dodgertown, and mustered a smile. This is the first week of spring training, the first chapter of Joe Torre's next baseball life, and while there will be a time to celebrate and explore one of the sport's best stories -- the union of Torre and the Los Angeles Dodgers -- that day was not Wednesday.
It was under Torre's watch, during the glory years of the New York Yankees, that Clemens and Andy Pettitte became fast friends and training partners under an assistant strength and conditioning coach named Brian McNamee, and it was during this period that a sequence of events -- many of them disputed -- began that led to Wednesday's hearing on Capitol Hill into Clemens's alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone.
"It's just sad. What can I say?" Torre said Wednesday. For the first half hour of an hour-long news conference, he was asked about nothing else except Clemens, Pettitte, McNamee and what went on between them while with the Yankees. "It's tough to watch, and I'm just sorry it has to happen. But to move on, we have to go through this."
Torre, 67, joined the Dodgers in November after walking away from the Yankees, who had made only a feeble effort to retain him following a season that ended in the first round of the playoffs. Wednesday morning, on his first full day at the Dodgers' spring training headquarters, Torre kept an eye on the television, where Clemens and McNamee were facing questioning from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, while preparing for his first staff meeting later in the day.
"And then the electricity went out," Torre said, as rain pelted the window to his right, "and that was the end of that."
It will never be easy for Torre to escape his Yankees legacy -- not that he is eager to do so, since it includes 12 playoff appearances in 12 seasons and four World Series titles -- but it was impossible on Wednesday, with the questions flying about whether Torre knew what was going on in his own Yankees clubhouse, and whether the Yankees' championships (and by extension, Torre's own legacy) were tainted by drug use.
To the first question, Torre replied, "I never saw anything that sort of raised a red flag to me." And to the question about his legacy, he said: "That's for someone else to decide. As far as I'm concerned, that's a chapter in my life I'm very proud of."
Torre's loyalties in the Clemens-McNamee dispute clearly lie with the pitcher who won 83 games, two World Series rings and a Cy Young Award during his six years with the Yankees. Since McNamee, despite holding the title of Yankees assistant strength coach until being fired in 2001, worked almost exclusively with Clemens, and later Pettitte, Torre's dealings with him were few.
Asked what he would say to Clemens if he spoke to him, Torre said: "I'd just want to know he's all right. There's a certain trust I always give to players."
As an example, Torre cited a story -- the same story, as it turns out, that Clemens used during an interview with Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" last month to demonstrate his dedication to his job. It was prior to the Yankees' decisive Game 5 of the 2001 American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics. Torre knew Clemens, who was scheduled to start, was hurting, and he wanted assurances that Clemens could pitch.
"He assured me," Torre said, "that he'd get the job done."
And what if it becomes clear Clemens was able to take the mound that night -- and pitch 4 1/3 innings in what became a clinching victory for the Yankees -- because he had used substances that allowed him to pitch through nagging injuries? In fact, seven members of Torre's 2001 Yankees team were named in the Mitchell Report as having used steroids and/or HGH.
"Is this stuff a revelation? Sure," Torre said. "But I chalk it up to guys who have the resolve to make sure they're out there for their teammates. Am I naive? I guess. But I didn't see anything [personally] that really caught my attention."
Despite the gravity of the day's dominant story, Torre appeared relaxed and content in a Dodger-blue polo shirt and jeans. As much as he enjoyed the resources, the talent and the glamour associated with the Yankees, he was beaten down by the win-at-all-costs culture, in which anything less than a World Series title was unacceptable.
Ultimately, it was that culture that made him walk away. At the end of the 2007 season, the Yankees offered him a one-year contract for 2008 with a pay cut and bonuses tied to winning postseason series, Torre called it an "insult," saying he didn't need additional motivation to try to win.
"If I felt they really wanted me," Torre said, "I would have been there."
He acknowledged having considered retiring to a broadcasting job, or maybe hitting the lecture circuit, and said the Dodgers were the only team that called him about a managing job. Even then, he considered turning it down.
"I don't think I have anything to prove," he said. "I just wasn't ready to say, 'I don't want to do this anymore.' "
When the news conference ended, Torre still had another hour to kill until his staff meeting began. The electricity was back on, and the hearing on Capitol Hill was still going strong, with everyone in baseball still looking back before they could look forward.
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