Journal of Economic, Political and Business Analysis XIV (2) delivers a report on the stagnation of the ceramic industry in Indonesia.  The causes of stagnation are inefficiency, decreased purchasing power and increased production costs.  Following is the development of sales in 2001 and 2002. • Calculate the average, median and mode scores for the 2 years of sales • How is the relationship between these concentration sizes. • What are your comments on the development of sales from 2001 to 2002? And in what year the sales frequency of the above companies was more stable.

The index of leading economic indicators, compiled and published by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, is composed of 12 time series, such as the average work hours of production in manufacturing, manufacturers’ new orders, and money supply. This index and similar indexes are designed to move up or down before the economy begins to move the same way. Thus, an economist has statistical evidence to forecast future trends.You want to construct a leading indicator for Erie County in upstate New York. The index is to be based on 2000 data. Because of the time and work involved, you decide to use only four time series. As an experiment, you select these four series: unemployment in the county, a composite index of county stock prices, the County Price Index, and retail sales. Here are the figures for 2000 and 2018. The weights you assign are unemployment rate 20%, stock prices 40%, County Price Index 25%, and retail sales 15%. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) a. Using…

The Ministry of Natural Resources is about to embark on an exercise to estimate the potential for the development of a Non-Timber Forest Products industry in Region One, Barima/Waini. A survey is to be carried out with the aim of establishing quantitative benchmarks regarding the Region’s resource endowment. can you help me to suggest an appropriate problem statement to be associated with the activity?

What do you mean by the impact multiplier or impact propensity? How is it different from the long-run propensity (LRP)? Discuss with an appropriate example of the distributive lag model.