The Bureau of Transportation Statistics conducts a quarterly survey to monitor domestic and international airfares. Here are the average airfares (inflation-adjusted to 2018 dollars) for U.S. domestic flights for 2004 through 2018. Airfare Year Airfare Year Year 2004 $402.26 2009 $359.91 2014 2005 $391.50 2010 $383.48 2015 $395.70 2006 $405.48 2011 $402.45 2016 $361.94 2007 $390.30 2012 $406.13 2017 $352.85 2008 $400.27 2013 $407.99 2018 $346.49 Airfare $411.67 Hand calculate forecasts for the time series using an exponential smoothing model with the smoothing constant w = 0.2. Provide a forecast for the average U.S. domestic airfare for 2019. (Use decimal notation. Give your answer to two decimal places.)

the following table provides the average price of regular grade gasoline for 4 years. Use 2015 as the reference value, complete the table by calculating the price index for each year. Show all your calculation

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In 2014, the median salary nationwide for a high school teacher was $56,310 per year. The median annual wage for all workers was $35,540.SOURCE: United States. Department of Labor. "High School Teachers." Occupational Outlook Handbook. 17 Dec. 2015. Web. 7 March 2016. Suppose a worker makes $29,000 in wages per year. Find the percent increase in salary the worker can expect if he/she trains to be a teacher and can expect to earn a salary of $40,000. Enter your response to the nearest 0.1% %

Suppose that the Producer Price Index and the sales of Hoskin’s Wholesale Distributors for 2006 and 2018 are:   What are Hoskin's real sales (also called deflated sales) for the 2 years? (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Use the average annual consumer price index table to convert the 1978 minimum wage from actual dollars to 1996 dollars. Is the result consistent with the entry in the accompanying minimum wage table? Click the icon to view the table of federal minimum wages. The 1978 minimum wage in 1996 dollars is $. (Round to the nearest cent as needed.) Federal Minimum Wages Year 1938 1939 1945 1950 1990 1956 1961 1967 1968 pe 1974 1976 1978 1979 1981 1990 1991 1996 1997 2007 2008 2009 Actual Dollars 1996 Dollars $2.78 $3.39 $3.49 $0.25 $0.30 $0.40 $0.75 90.19 $1.00 $1.25 $1.40 91.00 $1.60 $2.00 22:00 $2.30 $2.50 $2.65 22.0 $2.90 222 $3.35 $3.50 $4.25 $4.75 $5.15 $5.85 $6.55 $7.25 $4.88 67.90 $5.77 $6.41 20.70 $6.58 $7.21 66.27 $6.37 20:37 $6.34 20:20 $6.38 20:30 $6.27 90:20 $5.78 $4.56 $4.90 $4.75 $5.03 $4.42 $4.77 $5.12 - X Average Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) (1982-1984 = 100) Year CPI Year CPI Year CPI 1976 56.9 1989 124.0 2001 177.1 1977 60.6 1990 130.7 2002 179.9 1978 65.2 1991 136.2 2003…

Official unemployment rates for the U.S. population are reportedon a monthly basis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.For the period October, 2011, through January, 2012, theofficial unemployment rates were 8.9% (Oct.), 8.7% (Nov.),8.5% (Dec.), and 8.3% (Jan.). (Source: U.S. Bureau of LaborStatistics, www.bls.gov.) If the unemployment rateswere to continue to decrease following a linear model,(a) predict the unemployment rate on January, 2013.(b) predict when the United States would reach a zero unemploymentrate.

The January 2010 National Health Expenditures report stated that overall health care spending in the United States rose from $7,421 per person in 2007 to $7,681 per person in 2008. Calculate the percentage change in health care spending per person from 2007 to 2008.

In 2011 home prices and mortgage rates dropped so low that in a number of cities the monthly cost of owning a home was less expensive than renting. The following data show the average asking rent for 10 markets and the monthly mortgage on the median priced home (including taxes and insurance) for 10 cities where the average monthly mortgage payment was less than the average asking rent (The Wall Street Journal, November 26–27, 2011).Click on the datafile logo to reference the data.     Enter negative values as negative numbers. a.  Develop the estimated regression equation that can be used to predict the monthly mortgage given the average asking rent (to 2 decimals).The regression equation is:Mortgage ($) =  +  Rent ($)

Using the following time series data of U.S. new car sales ($ millions), respond to the following items. (The data is sourced from https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html#mrts. Find “Monthly Retail Trade Report," then select "Time Series/Trend Charts" to find the data for U.S. new car sales.). $ Sales (Millions) $ 486,565 Year 2009 549,473 608,790 672,550 735,374 785,142 842,120 877,743 911,157 943,538 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 E Click here for the Excel Data File b. Test for autocorrelation using the 0.05 significance level. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Lagged Residuals Squared Difference Squared Residuals Year Sales Predicted Residuals 2009 $ 486,565 508,123.70 (21,558.70) 0.00 0.00 464,758,328.46 (10,455.50) (2,943.26) 2010 549,473 559,928.50 2011 608,790 611,733.30 2012 672,550 663,538.00 9,011.96 2013 735,374 715,342.80 20,031.19 2014 785.142 767,147.60 17,994.41 2015 842.120 818,952.40…