Based on your understanding of the impact of macroeconomic factors, identify which of the following statements is true or false.

a. The larger the federal deficit, other things held constant, the higher are interest rates.
b. If the Fed injects a huge amount of money in the markets, inflation is expected to decline, and long-term interest rates are expected to rise.
c. In November 2008, the yields on U.S. Treasuries were actually negative. This means that investors were willing to lose money on their investment in U.S.
d. Treasuries as long as most of their invested capital was safe.
e. The Federal Reserve’s ability to use monetary policy to control economic activity in the United States is limited because U.S. interest rates are highly dependent on interest rates in other parts of the world.

Answer and Explanation:

1. True: money supply increase is inversely relayed to short term in5st rates which begin to fall

2. True: there is an increase in price of treasury securities here because of high demand of safe securities such as this. Therefore the interest which is constant is not equal increase in price

3. False: increase in interest will decrease money supply. money supply is increased to boost economy

4. True: other interest rates affect us interest rates

Why do you think companies have a sustainable competitive advantage?

Kingbird Company has five employees participating in its defined benefit pension plan. Expected years of future service for these employees at the beginning of 2020 are as follows.

Employee Future Years of Service
Jim 3
Paul 4
Nancy 5
Dave 6
Kathy 6

On January 1, 2020, the company amended its pension plan, increasing its projected benefit obligation by $88,560.

Required:
Compute the amount of prior service cost amortization for the years 2020 through 2025 using the years-of-service method, setting up appropriate schedules.

Sunspot Beverages, Ltd., of Fiji uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. It makes blended tropical fruit drinks in two stages. Fruit juices are extracted from fresh fruits and then blended in the Blending Department. The blended juices are then bottled and packed for shipping in the Bottling Department. The following information pertains to the operations of the Blending Department for June. Percent Completed Units Materials Conversion Work in process, beginning 20,000 100 % 75 % Started into production 180,000 Completed and transferred out 160,000 Work in process, ending 40,000 100 % 25 % Materials Conversion Work in process, beginning $ 25,200 $ 24,800 Cost added during June $ 334,800 $ 238,700 Required: 1. Compute the Blending Department's equivalent units of production for materials and conversion for June. 2. Compute the Blending Department's cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion for June. 3. Calculate the Blending Department's cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for June. 4. Calculate the Blending Department's cost of units transferred out to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for June. 5. Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Blending Department for June.

Over the years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delegated its statutory authority to establish accounting principles for publicly traded companies in the United States. This delegated authority impacts which organization(s)

Carlos is a 25 percent owner of CEBJ Builders, a company that specializes in residential construction. The other 75 percent of CEBJ is owned by his three brothers. During the year, Carlos spends 1,800 hours managing the operations of CEBJ. He also is the 100 percent owner of four rental properties and spends 125 hours a year maintaining the properties, more than any other individual. During the current year, the four properties generate a loss of $18,500. His adjusted gross income before considering the rental loss is $118,000. What amount of the loss can Carlos deduct in the current year? Assume that Carlos’s ownership interest in CEBJ is 4 percent. What amount of the loss can he deduct? Assume that Carlos spends only 600 hours managing CEBJ Builders and 1,200 hours managing a microbrewery he acquired earlier in the year. What amount of the loss can he deduct? Assume that Carlos hires his brother-in-law to help him manage the properties. Carlos spends 125 hours and his brother-in-law spends 225 hours managing the rental properties. What amount of the loss can Carlos deduct?

Which of the sentences below are correctly constructed? Check all that apply. However, you can make the necessary changes. Professional HR staff members now conduct individual benefits meetings and these meetings have reduced confusion during the annual benefits open-enrollment period. Advances in web interactivity have enabled design firms to more easily provide interactive portfolios; consequently, potential clients are able to view the firm’s work before making contact. When you can identify the company’s overall objectives. Executive positions in many fields require advanced degrees, but this is not always the case.

What knowledge or skill is most important for a front desk clerk? A. ability to handle a telephone exchange B. accounting skills C. communication skills D. knowledge of food production E. observation skills

which of the following is referred to as self service machine a. GSM b. ISO c. ATM d. calculator​

SecuriCorp operates a fleet of armored cars that make scheduled pickups and deliveries in the Los Angeles area. The company is implementing an activity-based costing system that has four activity cost pools: Travel, Pickup and Delivery, Customer Service, and Other. The activity measures are miles for the Travel cost pool, number of pickups and deliveries for the Pickup and Delivery cost pool, and number of customers for the Customer Service cost pool. The Other cost pool has no activity measure because it is an organization-sustaining activity. The following costs will be assigned using the activity-based costing system:

Driver and guard wages $960,000
Vehicle operating expense 390,000
Vehicle depreciation 270,000
Customer representative salaries and expenses 300,000
Office expenses 160,000
Administrative expenses 460,000
Total cost $2,540,000

The distribution of resource consumption across the activity cost pools is as follows:

Travel Pickup and Delivery Customer Service Other Totals

50% 35% 10% 5% 100%
70% 5% 0% 25% 100%
60% 15% 0% 25% 100%
0% 0% 90% 10% 100%
0% 20% 30% 50% 100%
0% 5% 60% 35% 100%

Required:
Complete the first stage allocations of costs to activity cost pools.

Concord Company purchases equipment on January 1, Year 1, at a cost of $498,000. The asset is expected to have a service life of 12 years and a salvage value of $44,820.

Required:
a. Compute the amount of depreciation for each of Years 1 through 3 using the straight-line depreciation method.
b. Compute the amount of depreciation for each of Years 1 through 3 using the sum-of-the-years'-digits method.

Faith Bonds sells furniture and earns nine percent commission on her total sales. Last month she had $33,500 in sales. How much did she earn? *

Mira Mesa Appliances makes and sells kitchen equipment for offices and hotel rooms. Mira Mesa management believes that a new model of refrigerator made out of a synthetic material would sell well at a price of $260 per unit. Labor costs are estimated at $32 per unit and overhead costs would be $24 per unit. The major uncertainty is the price of the synthetic material. Mira Mesa is in negotiations with several suppliers for the material. Because of the risk associated with the new product, Mira Mesa will only proceed if the estimated return is at least 30 percent of the selling price.

Required:
What is the most Mira Mesa can pay for the synthetic material per unit (refrigerator) and meet its profitability goal?

Jacques, who is age 45, has just resigned from his current job. He worked for Ace, which sponsors a cash balance plan and a standard 401(k) plan. Each of the plans uses the longest permitted vesting schedule and both plans are top heavy. He has a balance of $40,000 in the cash balance plan, has deferred $20,000 into the 401(k) plan and has employer matching contributions of $10,000. If he has been employed for three years, but only participating in the plans for the last two years, how much does he keep if he leaves today? a. $60,000 b. $20,000. c. $64,000 d. $30,000.

Bonita is a licensed dentist. During the first month of the operation of her business, the following events and transactions occurred.

April 1 Invested $18,000 cash in her business.
1 Hired a secretary-receptionist at a salary of $500 per week payable monthly.
2 Paid office rent for the month $1,100.
3 Purchased dental supplies on account from Dazzle Company $4,200.
10 Performed dental services and billed insurance companies $4,700.
11 Received $1,400 cash advance from Leah Mataruka for an implant.
20 Received $2,100 cash for services performed from Michael Santos.
30 Paid secretary-receptionist for the month $2,000.
30 Paid $2,720 to Dazzle for accounts payable due.
(a)
Partially correct answer icon
Your answer is partially correct.
Journalize the transactions. (List all debit entries before credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the owner’s investment of cash in business
Owner's investment of cash in business
enter a debit amount
$18,000
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the owner’s investment of cash in business
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Owner’s investment of cash in business)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record a recruitment of secretary-receptionist
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record a recruitment of secretary-receptionist
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Hired a secretary-receptionist)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the payment of monthly office rent
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the payment of monthly office rent
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Paid monthly office rent)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the purchase of supplies on account from Dazzle Company
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the purchase of supplies on account from Dazzle Company
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Purchased supplies on account from Dazzle Company)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record billing the clients for services performed
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record billing the clients for services performed
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Billed clients for services performed)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the receipt of the cash for future service
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the receipt of the cash for future service
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Received cash for future service)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the receipt of the cash for services performed
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the receipt of the cash for services performed
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Received cash for services performed)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the payment of monthly salary
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the payment of monthly salary
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Paid monthly salary)
choose a transaction date
enter an account title to record the payment to Dazzle Company on account
enter a debit amount
$2,720
enter a credit amount
enter an account title to record the payment to Dazzle Company on account
enter a debit amount
enter a credit amount
(Paid Dazzle Company on account)

Office Productsâ (MOP) produces three different paper products at its Vaasa lumberâ plant: Supreme,â Deluxe, and Regular. Each product has its own dedicated production line at the plant. It currently uses the followingâ three-part classification for its manufacturingâ costs: directâ materials, direct manufacturingâ labor, and manufacturing overhead costs. Total manufacturing overhead costs of the plant in July are million â( million of which areâ fixed). This total amount is allocated to each product line on the basis of the direct manufacturing labor costs of each line. Summary dataâ (in millions) for July are asâ follows:


Supreme Deluxe Regular
Direct material costs $89 $57 $60
Direct manufacturing labor costs $16 $26 $8
Manufacturing overhead costs $48 $78 $24
Units produced â 125 â 150 â 140

Required:
a. Compute the manufacturing cost per unit for each product produced in July 2017.
b. Suppose that, in August 2017, production was 150 million units of Supreme, 190 million units of Deluxe,and 220 million units of Regular. Why might the July 2017 information on manufacturing cost per unit bemisleading when predicting total manufacturing costs in August 2017?

you think the way you talk is important to listener?​

Who is the primary regulator over the
mortgage banking industry?

Kane Manufacturing has a division that produces two models of fireplace grates, x units of model A and y units of model B. To produce each model A grate requires 3 lb of cast iron and 6 min of labor. To produce each model B grate requires 4 lb of cast iron and 3 min of labor. The profit for each model A grate is $4.00, and the profit for each model B grate is $4.00. Also, 1000 lb of cast iron and 20 labor-hours are available for the production of fireplace grates per day. Because of a backlog of orders for model A grates, Kane's manager had decided to produce at least 150 of these grates a day. Operating under this additional constraint, how many grates of each model should Kane produce to maximize profit

Assume AuctionCo takes control of this used bicycle before the sale and pays $200 to the supplier. Under this assumption, how much revenue would AuctionCo recognize at the time of the sale to the customer?Assume AuctionCo never takes control of this used bicycle before the sale. Instead, the bicycle is shipped directly to the customer by the original bicycle owner, and then AuctionCo pays $200 to the supplier. Under this assumption, how much revenue would AuctionCo recognize at the time of the sale to the customer?Assume AuctionCo promises to pay $200 to the supplier regardless of whether the bicycle is sold, but the bicycle will continue to be shipped directly from the supplier to the customer. Under this assumption, how much revenue would AuctionCo recognize at the time of the sale to the customer?

I need a congratulations to a department at work for there good work. it's also there 1 yr anniversary at a different sight
need verbiage indicating how proud we are. ​

For each scenario, calculate the cross-price elasticity between the two goods and identify how the goods are related. Please use the midpoint method when applicable, and specify answers to one decimal place.

a. A 20% price increase for Product A causes a 10% decrease in its quantity demanded, but no change in the quantity demanded for Product B.
b. Product C increases in price from $3 a pound to $4 a pound. This causes the quantity demanded for Product D to increase from 44 units to 85 units.
c. When the price of Product E decreases 9% , this causes its quantity demanded to increase by 14% and the quantity demanded for Product F to increase 12% .

On January 1, 2021, Calloway Company leased a machine to Zone Corporation. The lease qualifies as a sales-type lease. Calloway paid $280,000 for the machine and is leasing it to Zone for $40,000 per year, an amount that will return 11% to Calloway. The present value of the lease payments is $280,000. The lease payments are due each January 1, beginning in 2021. What is the appropriate interest entry on December 31, 2021? Multiple Choice Cash 26,400 Interest receivable 26,400 Cash 30,800 Interest revenue 30,800 Interest receivable 26,400 Interest revenue 26,400 Interest receivable 30,800 Interest revenue 30,800

Crown Co. is expecting to receive 100,000 British pounds in one year. Crown expects the spot rate of the British pound to be $1.49 in a year, so it decides to avoid exchange rate risk by hedging its receivables. The spot rate of the pound is quoted at $1.51. The strike price of put and call options are $1.54 and $1.53, respectively. The premium on both options is $.03. The one-year forward rate exhibits a 2.65 percent premium. Assume there are no transaction costs. What is the best possible hedging strategy and how many U.S. dollars Crown Co. will receive under this strategy?

On June 1, 2018, Andre Company and Agassi Company merged to form Lancaster Inc. A total of 800,000 shares were issued to complete the merger. The new corporation reports on a calendar-year basis. On April 1, 2020, the company issued an additional 400,000 shares of stock for cash. All 1,200,000 shares were outstanding on December 31, 2020. Lancaster Inc. also issued $600,000 of 20-year, 8% convertible bonds at par on July 1, 2020. Each $1,000 bond converts to 40 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date. Lancaster Inc. is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The annual report will show earnings per share figures based upon a reported after-tax net income of $1,540,000. (The tax rate is 20%.) Determine the following for 2020. (a) The number of shares to be used for calculating

In January, Tongo, Inc., a branding consultant, had the following transactions.

a. Received $13,200 cash for consulting services rendered in January.
b. Issued common stock to investors for $8,000 cash.
c. Purchased $11,200 of equipment, paying 25 percent in cash and owing the rest on a note due in 2 years.
d. Received $11,800 cash for consulting services to be performed in February.
e. Bought $1,750 of supplies on account.
f. Received utility bill for January for $2,060, due February 15.
g. Consulted for customers in January for fees totaling $19,900, due in February.
h. Received $13,300 cash for consulting services rendered in December.
i. Paid $875 toward supplies purchased in (e).

Account Title Debit Credit
Cash $14,200
Accounts Receivable 17,200
Supplies 1,260
Equipment 4,800
Accounts Payable $6,100
Unearned Revenue 3,250
Note Payable 0
Common Stock 10,000
Retained Earnings 18,110
Service Revenue 0
Utilities Expense 0

Required:
Prepare an unadjusted trial balance for Tongo, Inc. for the month ended January 31.

Eduardo obtained credit to buy a car. He has failed to make any payments over the past
few months. What is MOST likely to happen?

A. He will make one giant payment to cover the past months without penalty,
B.The lender will take possession of his car.
C. The amount of debt owed will decrease the longer he waits to make a payment.
D.Nothing-people are allowed to miss several payments without consequences.

iRobot designs andmanufactures robots for consumer, commercial, and military use. For the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016, the company reported the following on its balance sheet and income statement(amounts in thousands):

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $33 at January 2, 2016, and $67 at December 27,2014, of $104,679 and $71,056, respectively.
Revenue for fiscal 2015 (i.e., the year ended January 2, 2016) of $616,778.
Bad debt expense for fiscal 2015 of $0.

Required:
Compute the amount of cash collected from customers during fiscal 2015.

4. Consider the following accounts of the Second National Bank. Assets $mn Liabilities $mn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate-sensitive assets 50 Rate-sensitive Deposits 30 (Duration 5 years) (Duration 3 years) Fixed Rate Assets 100 Fixed rate Deposits 90 (Duration 5 years) (Duration 3 years) Share Capital 30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a. If the interest rate rises by 5%, what is the impact on the Bank

A transaction against a consumer's normal buying behavior can be used to do which
of the following?

A) Create promotional campaigns

B) Detect fraudulent credit card transactions

C) Group the customer into a different category

Which of the following is an example of architecture technology?

A: GPS devices
B: Blueprints
C: Prototypes