From the Fourth Quarter $2023$ Report :

What was the $4^{th}$ Quarter GDP increase?

What was the $4$ th quarter current dollar personal income increase?

What was the disposal personal income increase in $ and $\%$ over the prior period?

What was the personal savings in $ and rate?

What IRS codes and regulations are available to encourage taxpayers to save money?

Output$-$ Learning Objectives: Understand the role of government in managing investments in outputs.

Corporations invest funds in property, plant$($s$),$ equipment, and software infrastructure$($s$).$ These funds come from profits, sale of stock or borrowing. Alternatives for use of funds is a$)$ investment in financial instruments $($stocks and bonds$)$ to generate income, b$)$ payment of dividends to the shareholders to reward investors and c$)$ accumulation of cash

Briefly describe the various IRS codes and regulations that are avallable to corporations to encourage investments in property, building, equipment, and software infrastructure.

Emplovment Measurements

Learning Objectives: Define fundamental concepts of the labor market.

On the first Friday of every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics $($BLS$)$ releases the employment and unemployment report for the previous month. This report includes data on each of the labor force and unemployment rate.

The labor force $($LF$)$ equals the number of people employed $($E$)$ plus the number of people unemployed $($U$)$: $LF=E+U$

The unemployment rate is the ratio of the number of people unemployed to the total number of people in the labor force $($U$/$LF$).$

These factors may improve E:

$[$D$]$ Focus