The following table reports the sale of umbrellas for 16 quarters. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Quarter 9. 6. 4. 8. 6. 4. 4. 3 1. 4. 1 3. 2. 4. Develop a model using Quarter 3 as the reference and compute the Fourth Quarterly sales forecast for Year 5. Round your answers to three decimal places.

The following table reports prices and usage quantities for two items in 2009 and 2011. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)   Quantity Unit Price ($) Item 2009 2011 2009 2011 A 1,400 1,700 8.50 6.75 B 4 2 630.00 1,400.00 (a) Compute price relatives for each item in 2011 using 2009 as the base period. Item Price Relative A   B   (b) Compute an unweighted aggregate price index for the two items in 2011 using 2009 as the base period. I2011 =   (c) Compute a weighted aggregate price index for the two items using the Laspeyres method using 2009 as the base period. I2011 =   (d) Compute a weighted aggregate price index for the two items using the Paasche method using 2009 as the base period. I2011 =

The table below represents the monthly unemployment rates in the US from January of 2005 through May of 2016. Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2005 5.3% 5.4% 5.2% 5.2% 5.1% 5.0% 5.0% 4.9% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.9% 2006 4.7% 4.8% 4.7% 4.7% 4.6% 4.6% 4.7% 4.7% 4.5% 4.4% 4.5% 4.4% 2007 4.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.5% 4.4% 4.6% 4.7% 4.6% 4.7% 4.7% 4.7% 5.0% 2008 5.0% 4.9% 5.1% 5.0% 5.4% 5.6% 5.8% 6.1% 6.1% 6.5% 6.8% 7.3% 2009 7.8% 8.3% 8.7% 9.0% 9.4% 9.5% 9.5% 9.6% 9.8% 10.0% 9.9% 9.9% 2010 9.7% 9.8% 9.9% 9.9% 9.6% 9.4% 9.5% 9.5% 9.5% 9.5% 9.8% 9.4% 2011 9.1% 9.0% 9.0% 9.1% 9.0% 9.1% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 8.8% 8.6% 8.5% 2012 8.2% 8.3% 8.2% 8.2% 8.2% 8.2% 8.2% 8.1% 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% 7.9% 2013 7.9% 7.7% 7.5% 7.5% 7.5% 7.5% 7.3% 7.2%…

at 2 presented based on the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) LALYSIS