In January 2009, Vaughan-Bassett, a manufacturer of bedroom furniture, suspended work at its Elkin, North Carolina, plant,
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In January 2009, Vaughan-Bassett, a manufacturer of bedroom furniture, suspended work at its Elkin, North Carolina, plant, laying off 400 workers. Eight months later, with sales up by 10%, the company reopened part of the Elkin plant to finish furniture produced at its main plant at Galax, Virginia. Vaughan-Bassett easily found workers to staff the reopened plant.
Answer these questions:
- How do sales of new and existing residential housing affect the demand for furniture?
- How would the appreciation of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar affect the North Carolina furniture industry?
- In the face of falling demand, how should Vaughan-Bassett decide between suspending (“mothballing”) a plant and closing it permanently
- Using suitable, short-run demand and supply curves, illustrate the shifts in the market equilibrium between January and September 2009.
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