According to the interest parity condition, if the domestic interest rate is 12 percent and the foreign interest rate is 10 percent, then the expected _________ of the foreign currency must be _________ percent. Group of answer choices

Answer: Appreciation; 2%

Explanation:

From the information given in the question,

Domestic Interest rate = 12%

Foreign interest rate = 10%

Let's assume,

S = spot exchange rate

F = forward exchange rate,

Based on the per interest rate parity, the forward exchange rate will be:

F = S × (1 + 10%) / (1 + 12%) = 0.98x

F = S × (1+0.1)/(1+0.12) = 0.98x

Therefore, the forward exchange rate will be expected to fall by:

= 1 - 0.98

= 0.2

= 2%

Thomlin Company forecasts that total overhead for the current year will be $12,300,000 with 150,000 total machine hours. Year to date, the actual overhead is $8,270,500, and the actual machine hours are 97,300 hours. If Thomlin Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours for applying overhead, as of this point in time (year to date), the overhead is a.$291,900 overapplied b.$291,900 underapplied c.$158,100 overapplied d.$158,100 underapplied

Gotiable sells straw hats for $24 each. The April inventory purchases are summarized below. Gotiable sold 142 hats at a hat festival on April 28. Units Cost each Dollars Beg. Inv. 84 3 252 April 2 75 4 300 April 14 66 7 462 April 23 52 8 416
Assume that Gotiable uses the average cost method for inventory costing.
1. What is the average cost of one hat? (Round to the nearest penny (2 decimal points)).
2. What will be the dollar value of the inventory on the April 30th balance Sheet? (Round to the nearest dollar)
3. What will Gotiable report as Gross margin for the hats for the month of April? (Round to the nearest dollar)

A company's managers should almost always give serious consideration to making significant adjustments in its camera/drone strategies and competitive approaches when:

a. all or most of its competitors are using mostly different competitive approaches and therefore the marketplace is not big enough to accommodate all of the competitors.
b. all or most of its competitors are using mostly copycat competitive approaches that make it difficult for any of these companies to capture sales volumes and revenues big enough to earn profits large enough to meet investor-expected EPS, ROE, and stock price appreciation targets.
c. the number of camera and drone workstations the company has installed is NOT well above the industry-averages (as reported on pages 6 and 7 of the most recent Camera & Drone Journal).
d. the company's market share for action cameras has not been the largest for two straight years and when its EPS and ROE have also not been the highest in the industry for two straight years.
e. the company's operating profits per action camera sold are not substantially above the industry-average benchmarks in at least three geographic regions (as reported on p. 6 of the most recent Camera & Drone Journal),

a face value of $450 million. The bonds pay interest each March 31 and September 30, beginning March 31, 2022. The effective interest rate established by the market was 8%. Assuming that Auerbach issued the bonds for $388,844,955, what interest expense would it recognize in its 2021 income statement

The following data relate to direct materials for the month for the Hodge Wax Company: The standard costs for the work done was 5,900 pounds of wax at $9.50 per pound. The actual costs were 6,300 pounds at $9 per pound. What is the direct materials efficiency variance

ADP reports the following income statement.
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC.
Statement of Consolidated Earnings
For Year Ended June 30, 2019, $ millions
Total revenues $14,175.2
Operating expenses 7,145.9
Systems development and programming costs 636.3
Depreciation and amortization 304.4
Total cost of revenues 8,086.6
Selling, general, and administrative expenses 3,064.2
Interest expense 129.9
Total expenses 11,280.7
Other income expense, net 111.1
Earnings before income taxes 3,005.6
Provision for income taxes 712.8
Net earnings $ 2,292.8
Forecast ADP’s 2020 income statement assuming the following income statement relations. All percentages (other than total revenue growth and provision for income taxes) are based on historic percent of total revenues.
Total revenues growth 13%
Depreciation and amortization $460.5 million
Interest expense No change
Other (income) expense, net No change
Income tax rate 25%
Round your answers to one decimal place.

Typical Request and Response Messages
The purpose of many business messages is to make a request or to reply to previously received communication. Familiarize yourself with the organization of these messages so you can communicate your purpose and achieve a positive outcome.
Read the scenario:
The office manager asks you for advice on how to structure a request message with numerous questions.
What advice would you give?
A. Give an approximate date for the deadline in the body.
B. Place the deadline in the opening.
C. Set an end date to take action in the closing.
Read the following request message:
To: Customer Support
From: Helen Martin
Subject: Warranty Information for Netbook Computer
Dear Customer Service,
I need this information by noon tomorrow at the latest. My team has an important presentation to give, and my netbook crashed while we were working on the presentation. I can’t find the warranty information anywhere. So I have a few questions.
Where is my warranty information? How long does it normally take to repair these machines? Do I have to mail the netbook to you, or can I bring it to your local repair shop?
Will you please answer these questions in a timely manner? Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
Helen Martin
1. Where do I find my warranty information?
Reason A: 2. How long does the average netbook repair take?
3. Do I need to mail in my netbook for repairs or bring it to your local repair shop?
Revision B: Where is my warranty information? How long does the average repair take? Do I have to mail in my netbook?
Revision C:
Where do I find the information?
How long does it take?
Can I take it to my local shop?
Which of the preceding revisions is the best revision for the body of this message?
A. Revision B
B. Revision C
C. Revision A
In addition to making requests, you will have to respond to requests in the business world.
Complete the following sentence with the dropdown menu.
Direct response messages might _______?
A. include long, flowery descriptions
B. use the "me" view
C. supply explanations and additional information
Many businesses use social media to communicate with customers. In order to make the most of social media, you should learn how to respond to various types of customer comments.
Read the scenario, and then answer the question.
You manage the social media presence of a company that manufactures travel apparel and gear. A customer posts an angry comment about a suitcase that failed to function properly after its first use. This is not the first complaint the product has received.
How should you respond to the customer?
A. Acknowledge the problem, and let the customer know that the company is working to rectify the situation.
B. Document and delete the comment. You don’t want news of the flawed product to spread.
C. Let the comment stand. No response is necessary.

______ occur whenever a third party receives or bears costs arising from an economic transaction in which the individual (or group) is not a direct participant.

a. Pecuniary benefits and costs
b. Externalities
c. Intangibles
d. Monopoly costs and benefits

The papilla supplies nourishment to the

Choose the correct statements about the ROC curve.
A. By plotting the true-positive rate against the false-positive rate for different threshold values, the ROC curve can be used to select the optimal model.
B. ROC stands for Receiver Operating Characteristic curve, which was originally developed to detect enemy aircrafts on radar.
C. The ROC curve is a useful diagnostic tool for determining the optimal classification model.
D. The ROC curve was originally developed to optimize healthcare and detect congestive heart failure readmission rate.

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Janine, currently enrolled in a 3-star plan,
discovers there is 5-star plan available where
she lives. She asks her agent, Josh, to enroll
her in the 5-star plan. Josh can advise Janine
of each of the following except:
Josh should tell Janine that she can only change her current plan to a 5-
star plan during the Annual Election Period.
Josh should tell Janine that she can only use the 5-Star SEP once per
calendar year.
Josh should tell Janine that she can change her current plan to a 5-star

Company J must choose between two alternate business expenditures. Expenditure 1 would require a $80,000 cash outlay and Expenditure 2 requires a $60,000 cash outlay.

a. Determine the marginal tax rate at which the after-tax cash flows from the two expenditures are equal assuming that Expenditure 1 is fully deductible and Expenditure 2 is nondeductible.
b. Determine the marginal tax rate at which the after-tax cash flows from the two expenditures are equal assuming that Expenditure 1 is 50% deductible and Expenditure 2 is nondeductible.

Colorado Cleaning has a 5-year maximum acceptable payback period. The firm is considering the purchase of a new washing machine and must choose between two alternative ones. The first machine requires an initial investment of $25,000 and generates annual after-tax cash inflows of $6,500 for each of the next 8 years. The second machine requires an initial investment of $75,000 and provides an annual cash inflow after taxes of $9,500 for 15 years.

Required:
a. Determine the payback period for each machine.
b. Comment on the acceptability of the machines, assuming that they are independent projects.
c. Which machine should the firm accept? Why?
d. Do the machines in this problem illustrate any of the weaknesses of using payback? Discuss.

1. The process of establishing the image or identity of a brand or product so that customers perceive it in a certain way is the definition of which of the following terms?

A. Marketing Strategy,
B. Social Media,
C. Marketing Position,
D. Target market

2. Anton's Coffee positions itself to provide the highest quality and most unique coffee drinks in the area. This is an example of which of the following?

A. Marketing Strategy
B. Social Media
C. Target Market
D. Marketing Postion

Assume the government has a balanced budget and that the economy is experiencing a period of growth higher than predicted. The tax revenue collected by the government is likely to ________, which would lead to a ________.

MC Qu. 59 A company's flexible budget for... A company's flexible budget for 16,000 units of production showed sales, $96,000; variable costs, $56,000; and fixed costs, $20,000. The sales expected if the company produces and sells 20,000 units is (Do not round intermediate calculations):

Sybil, age 40, is single and supports her dependent parents who live with her, as well as her grandfather who is in a nursing home. She has AGI of $80,000 and itemized deductions of $8,000. What is the taxable income?

Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, controller, at Current Designs are beginning to analyze the cost considerations for one of the composite models of the kayak division. They have provided the following production and operational costs necessary to produce one composite kayak.
Kevlar $250 per kayak
Resin and supplies $100 per kayak
Finishing kit (seat, rudder, ropes, etc.) $170 per kayak
Labor $420 per kayak
Selling and administrative expenses—variable $400 per kayak
Selling and administrative expenses—fixed $119,700 per year
Manufacturing overhead—fixed $240,000 per year
Bill and Diane have asked you to provide a cost-volume-profit analysis, to help them finalize the budget projections for the upcoming year. Bill has informed you that the selling price of the composite kayak will be $2,000.
(a) Calculate variable costs per unit.
Variable cost per unit $
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
(b) Determine the contribution margin per unit.
Contribution margin per unit $
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
(c) Using the contribution margin per unit, determine the break-even point in units for this product line.
Break-even point
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
units
(d) Assume that Current Designs plans to earn $270,600 on this product line. Using the contribution margin per unit, calculate the number of units that need to be sold to achieve this goal.
Number of units
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
units
(e) Based on the most recent sales forecast, Current Designs plans to sell 1,000 units of this model. Using your results from part (c), calculate the margin of safety and the margin of safety ratio. (Round margin of safety ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 25.5%.)
Margin of safety $
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
Margin of safety ratio
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
%
By accessing this Question Assistance, you will learn while you earn points based on the Point Potential Policy set by your instructor.
(a) Calculate variable costs per unit.
Variable cost per unit $
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
(b) Determine the contribution margin per unit.
Contribution margin per unit $
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(c) Using the contribution margin per unit, determine the break-even point in units for this product line.
Break-even point
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
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(d) Assume that Current Designs plans to earn $270,600 on this product line. Using the contribution margin per unit, calculate the number of units that need to be sold to achieve this goal.
Number of units
Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co
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(e) Based on the most recent sales forecast, Current Designs plans to sell 1,000 units of this model. Using your results from part (c), calculate the margin of safety and the margin of safety ratio. (Round margin of safety ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 25.5%.)
Margin of safety $
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Margin of safety ratio
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You are closing the accounts you used to bill the project costs, but you still have some lingering expenses. Which best practice should you follow?

The difference between actual overhead costs incurred and the budgeted overhead costs based on a flexible budget is the: Multiple Choice Production variance. Controllable variance. Volume variance. Price variance. Quantity variance.

Monetary stimulus is only helpful to an economy: __________

a. experiencing significant negative externalities.
b. that's in recession.
c. with few public goods.

4. Problems and Applications Q4 Many observers believe that the levels of pollution in our society are too high. True or False: If society wishes to reduce overall pollution by a certain amount, it is efficient to have firms with lower costs reduce greater amounts of pollution than those with higher costs.

Beech Company produced and sold 105,000 units of its product in May. For the level of production achieved in May, the budgeted amounts were: sales, $1,300,000; variable costs, $750,000; and fixed costs, $300,000. The following actual financial results are available for May.
Actual
Sales (105,000 units) $ 1,275,000
Variable costs 712,500
Fixed costs 300,000
Prepare a flexible budget performance report for May.
Beech Company
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For Month Ended May 31
Flexible Budget
Actual Results
Variance
Favorable/Un fav.
Sales
Variable Expense
Contribution Margin
Fixed Expense
Income from Operations
(Could you please show how to get the Flexible Budget)

The ultimate goal of contract damages is: Multiple Choice Put the nonbreaching party where it was before the contract was formed. Return any costs incurred by the nonbreaching party. Put the nonbreaching party where it was prior to breach. Put the nonbreaching party in the best position possible. Give the nonbreaching party the benefit of its bargain.

A partial list of Waterways' accounts and their balances for the month of November 2016 follows:
Accounts Receivable $ 275,000
Advertising Expenses 54,000
Cash 260,000
Depreciation-Factory Equipment 16,800
Depreciation-Office Equipment 2,400
Direct Labor 42,000
Factory Supplies Used 16,800
Factory Utilities 10,200
Finished Goods Inventory, November 30 68,800
Finished Goods Inventory, October 31 72,550
Indirect Labor 48,000
Office Supplies Expense 1,600
Other Administrative Expenses 72,000
Prepaid Expenses 41,250
Raw Materials Inventory, November 30 52,700
Raw Materials Inventory, October 31 38,000
Raw Materials Purchases 184,500
Rent Factory Equipment 47,000
Repairs-Factory Equipment 4,500
Salaries 325,000
A list of accounts and their values are given above. From this information, prepare a partial balance sheet for Waterways Corporation for the month of November. (List Current Assets in order of liquidity.)

If an investor has a choice of investing money at 6% compounded daily or 6.025% compounded quarterly which one is best

Glen Inc. and Armstrong Co. have an exchange with no commercial substance. The asset given up by Glen Inc. has a book value of $72,000 and a fair value of $96,000. The asset given up by Armstrong Co. has a book value of $120,000 and a fair value of $114,000. Boot of $24,000 is received by Armstrong Co.What amount should Armstrong Co. record for the asset received

McKean Corporation authorized 500,000 shares of common stock in its articles of incorporation. On May 1, 2019, 100,000 shares were sold to the company's founders. However, on October 15, 2019, McKean repurchased 20,000 shares to settle a dispute among the founders. At this date, how many shares were issued and outstanding, respectively?

Professional service organizations include __________.

9 Given figures showing: Sales £8,200, Opening inventory £1,300, Closing inventory £900, Purchases £6,400, Carriage inwards £200, the cost of goods sold figure is (A) £6,800 (B) £6,200 (C) £7,000 (D) Another figure

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