1. Recently, a new tax bill was passed which decreased a number of tax rates. For the purpose of this question, feel free to assume (as the CBO and other non-partisan analysts have done), that decreased US tax rates would imply decreases in revenues collected by the US government. Do you expect this new tax bill to:
a) Decreased the trade deficit
b) Increase the trade deficit
c) Have no effect on the trade deficit
d) Have an indeterminate effect on the trade deficit
Which option and please explain why.
2. Sunshine Juices estimates customer lifetime value for 1 "Urban Surge" customer at $375.15. This $375.15 is equal to:
The number of units of product that the company can expect the customer to purchase.
Expected total value of revenue that the customer will generate for the firm.
The value of the customer to the firm in one year, multiplied by the expected length of the relationship.
Total contribution margin, net of costs, generated by the customer over the expected lifetime of the relationship, discounted to present value.