japan and the united states are trading partners with flexible exchange rates. the currency of the united states is the dollar, and the currency of japan is the yen. which of the following changes in the united states will most likely increase aggregate demand in japan?

Changes in exchange rate of dollars in the United States will most likely increase aggregate demand in Japan.

On the other hand, aggregate demand calculates the total market value of every good and service an economy generates and expresses it as a sum in dollars. A nation might, for instance, have a $1 billion annual aggregate demand for products and services.

In any economy, aggregate demand is a way to examine all of the demand for products and services. It is a macroeconomics instrument that can be used to estimate or forecast a country's total economic strength for a specific time period, usually a year.

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Patterson Development sometimes sells property on an installment basis. In those cases, Patterson reports income in its income statement in the year of the sale but reports installment income by the installment method on the tax return. Installment income in 2021 was $240 million, which Patterson expects to collect equally over the next four years. The tax rate is 25%, but based on an enacted law, is scheduled to become 35% in 2023.
Patterson's pretax accounting income for the 2013 income statement was $530 million of this, $30 million is non-taxable revenue from proceeds of a life insurance policy. There were no differences between accounting income and taxable income other than those described above and no cumlative temporary differences existed at the beggining of the year:
1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record patterson's 2013 income taxes.
2. What is Patterson's 2013 net income?

While calculating the costs of products and services, a standard costing system ________. does not keep track of overhead cost traces direct costs to output by multiplying the standard prices or rates by the actual quantities uses standard costs to determine the cost of products allocates overhead costs on the basis of the actual overhead-cost rates

Jessica purchased a home on January 1, 2018 for $580,000 by making a down payment of $230,000 and financing the remaining $350,000 with a 30-year loan, secured by the residence, at 6 percent. During 2018 and 2019, Jessica made interest-only payments on this loan of $21,000 (each year). On July 1, 2018, when her home was worth $580,000 Jessica borrowed an additional $145,000 secured by the home at an interest rate of 8 percent. During 2018, she made interest-only payments on the second loan in the amount of $5,800. During 2019, she made interest only on the second loan in the amount of $11,600. What is the maximum amount of the $32,600 interest expense Jessica paid during 2019 may she deduct as an itemized deduction if she used the proceeds of the second loan to finish the basement in her home and landscape her yard

A reserve clause binds a professional athlete to a sports franchise even if the player does not have a contract with the team that retains the rights to the player. In other words, the player can only play for a single team and other teams may not bid for the player's services even in the absence of a contract. Major League Baseball was forced to outlaw reserve clauses in 1975. As a result of the ban, we would expect that

Kragan Clothing Company manufactures its own designed and labeled athletic wear and sells its products through catalog sales and retail outlets. While Kragan has for years used activity-based costing in its manufacturing activities, it has always used traditional costing in assigning its selling costs to its product lines. Selling costs have traditionally been assigned to Kraganâs product lines at a rate of 70% of direct materials costs. Its direct materials costs for the month of March for Kraganâs "high-intensity" line of athletic wear are $395,000. The company has decided to extend activity-based costing to its selling costs. Data relating to the "high-intensity" line of products for the month of March are as follows.

Activity Cost Pools Cost Drivers Overhead Rate Number of Cost Drivers Used per Activity
Sales commissions Dollar sales $0.05 per dollar sales $940,000
AdvertisingâTV Minutes $300 per minute 230
AdvertisingâInternet Column inches $10 per column inch 2,000
Catalogs Catalogs mailed $2.50 per catalog 62,400
Cost of catalog sales Catalog orders $1 per catalog order 8,750
Credit and collection Dollar sales $0.03 per dollar sales $940,000

Requied:
Compute the selling costs to be assigned to the "high-intensity" line of athletic wear for the month of March (1) using the traditional product costing system (direct materials cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing.

X Company must purchase a new delivery truck and is using the payback method to evaluate two possible trucks. Truck 1 costs $31,000; Truck 2 costs $44,000. The useful life of both is seven years, with the following estimated operating cash flows:
Year Truck 1 Truck2
1 6000 7000
2 8,000 4,000
3 8,000 3,000
4 8,000 3,000
5 6,000 3,000
6 5,000 2,000
7 4,000 2,000
If X Company chooses Truck 2 instead of Truck 1, what is the payback period (in years)?
A: 2
B: 3
C: 4
D: 5
E: 6
F: 7

Precision Castparts, a manufacturer of processed engine parts in the automotive and airline industries, borrows $39.4 million cash on October 1, 2021, to provide working capital for anticipated expansion. Precision signs a one-year, 9% promissory note to Midwest Bank under a prearranged short-term line of credit. Interest on the note is payable at maturity. Each firm has a December 31 year-end.

Required:
a. Prepare the journal entries on October 1, 2021, to record the issuance of the note.
b. Record the adjustments on December 31, 2021.
c. Prepare the journal entries on September 30, 2021, to record payment of the notes payable at maturity.

Tyrell Company issued callable bonds with a par value of $18,000. The call option requires Tyrell to pay a call premium of $500 plus par (or a total of $18,500) to bondholders to retire the bonds. On July 1, Tyrell exercises the call option. The call option is exercised after the semiannual interest is paid the day before on June 30. Record the entry to retire the bonds under each separate situation.
1. The bonds have a carrying value of $15,000.
2. The bonds have a carrying value of $19,000.

All of the following are examples of federal government programs available to families in need
except:
A. public housing
B. special housing for nuclear families.
C. emergency shelter grants for the homeless.
D. special housing for aging adults.

The required return on the stock of Moe's Pizza is 10.4 percent and aftertax required return on the company's debt is 3.28 percent. The company's market value capital structure consists of 65 percent equity. The company is considering a new project that is less risky than current operations and it feels the risk adjustment factor is minus 1.5 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the required return for the new project

Solutions Inc. signs a 10-year lease for a building owned by Property Inc. that is appropriately classified as an operating lease by both the lessee and lessor. Lease payments are $150,000 per year. The building has an estimated useful life of 30 years with no salvage value. Assume that the building has a fair and carrying value of $2,000,000 at the commencement of the lease, what amount would Property Inc. recognize in its income statement (ignoring taxes) for the year ended December 31, 2020

A researcher was interested in the relationship between the number of texts sent in a day and the number of e-mails sent in a day by employees at a certain company. Using 15 data values, a 90 percent confidence interval for the slope of a regression model was found to be (2.31, 3.47). The researcher claims that the interval would have been narrower with a different sample size if all other things remained the same. Which of the following sample sizes would make the researcher's claim NOT true?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 20
D. 30
E. 100

Suppose the economy is experiencing a recession. The output gap is hovering at −7%, causing higher than normal unemployment. Using the Fed model, complete the following passages to compare and contrast how monetary policy and fiscal policy can impact the economy. a. The Federal Reserve can reduce the to stimulate greater output and employment. The federal government can increase to help ease the recession. b. If both monetary and fiscal policy are used, the MP curve will shift , and the IS curve will shift to the . Both shifts will increase , and t

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Which of the following is not a way to accomplish an activity cost reduction? a.improve operations so that the activity-base usage per unit is reduced b.use lower-cost materials c.change the classification of employees doing an activity so as to decrease the activity rate d.none of the above

Journalizing Sales, Sales Returns and Allowances, and Cash Receipts
Aug. 4 Sold merchandise on account to S. Miller for $310 plus sales tax of 4%, with 2/10, n/30 cash discount terms.
6 Sold merchandise on account to K. Krtek for $160 plus sales tax of 4%.
10 S. Miller returned merchandise purchased on August 4 for $20 plus sales tax for credit.
13 S. Miller paid the balance due on her account.
15 K. Krtek returned merchandise purchased on August 6 for $40 plus sales tax for credit.
20 K. Krtek paid the balance due on his account.

Clementine Company makes skateboards. They prepare master and flexible budgets and then perform variance analysis after the budget plan period elapses. Their data is as follows: Budget Actual Selling price per unit $96 $104 Variable cost per unit $52 $55 Quantity sold 996 1,024 What is the Clementine's volume variance for SALES? If the variance is unfavorable put a minus sign in front of your answer. Enter your answer without commas or decimals.

You have 40 years left until retirement and want to retire with $5 million. Your salary is paid annually, and you will receive $50,000 at the end of the current year. Your salary will increase at 3 percent per year, and you can earn a 10 percent return on the money you invest. If you save a constant percentage of your salary, what percentage of your salary must you save each year?

Budgeted amount: 0.5 machine hours per (MH) unit Variable overhead rate is $15 per MH Fixed overhead rate is $40 per MH Budgeted fixed overhead is $600,000 Actual amounts: Variable overhead incurred is $190,000 Fixed overhead incurred is $630,000 MH used is 11,000 Actual output is 20,000 units What is the Fixed Overhead Volume Variance

Smith and Sons, Inc. Income Statement (in millions)

2016 2015
Net sales 10,300 9,800
Cost of goods sold (5,500) (5,200)
Gross profit 4,800 4,600
Selling and administrative expenses (2,800) (2,700)
Income from operations 2,000 1,900
Interest expense (300) (250)
Income before income taxes 1,700 1,650
Income tax expense (420) (400)
Net income 1,280 1,250

Smith and Sons, Inc. Balance Sheet

Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 450 650
Accounts receivable 900 800
Inventory 750 900
Other current assets 400 250
Total current assets 2,500 2,600
Property, plant & equipment, net 2,350 2,250
Other assets 5,700 5,900
Total Assets 10,550 10,750

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities 3,250 3,150
Long-term liabilities 5,000 5,400
Total liabilities 8,250 8,550
Stockholders' equity-common 2,300 2,200
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 10,550 10,750

Required:
Calculate the quick ratio for Smith & Sons, Inc., for 2015 and 2016.

On March 1, Imhoff Co. began construction of a small building. Payments of $202,539 were made monthly for several months. The payments begin on the first day of March. The building was completed and ready for occupancy on the first day of June. In determining the amount of interest cost to be capitalized, the weighted-average accumulated expenditures are

Behan and his wife took title together at the same time to the same real property here in Michigan (while married to each other) and hold the real property as tenants by the entirety. Behan dies while still married to his wife. The estate is a conditional estate, not a fee simple estate. Behan's interest to the described real property, upon Behan's death:

a. escheats to the State of Michigan, under the facts of this question
b. passes back to the holder of the condition who now holds Behan's interest jointly with Behan's widow
c. passes to his wife, assuming she did not intentionally bring about Behan's death
d. passes through a probate proceeding, since Behan is now dead

The ___ function returns the year portion of the data/time available

The management of Advanced Alternative Power Inc. is considering two capital investment projects. The estimated net cash flows from each project are as follows: Year Wind Turbines Biofuel Equipment 1 $280,000 $300,000 2 280,000 300,000 3 280,000 300,000 4 280,000 300,000 The wind turbines require an investment of $887,600, while the biofuel equipment requires an investment of $911,100. No residual value is expected from either project. Present Value of an Annuity of $1 at Compound Interest Year 6% 10% 12% 15% 20% 1 0.943 0.909 0.893 0.870 0.833 2 1.833 1.736 1.690 1.626 1.528 3 2.673 2.487 2.402 2.283 2.106 4 3.465 3.170 3.037 2.855 2.589 5 4.212 3.791 3.605 3.353 2.991 6 4.917 4.355 4.111 3.785 3.326 7 5.582 4.868 4.564 4.160 3.605 8 6.210 5.335 4.968 4.487 3.837 9 6.802 5.759 5.328 4.772 4.031 10 7.360 6.145 5.650 5.019 4.192
Required:
1a. Compute the net present value for each project. Use a rate of 6% and the present value of an annuity of $1 in the table above. If required, round to the nearest dollar.
Wind Turbines Bio Fuel Equipment
Present value of annual net cash flows $ $
Less amount to be invested $ $
Net present value $ $
1b. Compute a present value index for each project. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
Present Value Index
Wind Turbines
Bio Fuel Equipment
2. Determine the internal rate of return for each project by (a) computing a present value factor for an annuity of $1 and (b) using the present value of an annuity of $1 in the table above. If required, round your present value factor answers to three decimal places and internal rate of return to the nearest percent.
Wind Turbines Bio Fuel Equipment
Present value factor for an annuity of $1
Internal rate of return % %

Social responsibility theories:________

a. Are generally classified as modern ethical versions of Utilitarianism
b. Determine the moral worth of an action regardless of their consequences
c. Are largely precise legalistic formulations
d. Classify corporate social responsibility as typically the corporation engaging in community and civic affairs in a prudent manner.

Select the statement that best describes money's function as a standard of deferred payment.

a. The purchasing power of a currency is relatively stable over time
b. A currency is widely accepted in exchange for goods and services and therefore makes economic transactions easier.
c. A currency can be used to express the value goods and services that are both relatively expensive and goods and services that are relatively cheap.
d. People are willing to accept a currency in the future as compensation for debts accrued earlier

Tom Jordan is a manager for a McDonald's restaurant. Many of his key responsibilities include analyzing data and making key decisions for the success of his store. Tom's store has been experiencing decreased sales for breakfast services over the past 3 months. Tom is unsure why breakfast revenues are down while lunch and dinner revenues remain unchanged. Tom believes that he can drive revenue up by implementing a few different breakfast promotions such as free coffee or hash browns with the purchase of a meal. Tom performs an extensive analysis of how continuous changes in breakfast promotions could impact his daily revenue. What type of DSS analysis is Tom performing? optimization analysis sensitivity analysis transaction analysis goal-seeking analysis

The financial information below presents selected information from the financial statements of Pelican Company. Sales revenue during the current year was $13,340,300 and cost of goods sold was $8,914,195. All of Pelican's sales are made on account and are due within 30 days. Prior Year Current Year Cash and cash equivalents $ 570,330 $ 635,780 Accounts receivable 4,730,000 3,818,000 Inventory 938,360 1,277,440 Total current assets 8,250,030 8,210,100 Total assets 11,118,020 10,998,000 Total current liabilities 7,830,300 6,306,000 Total liabilities 8,467,900 8,276,700 Required: Current ratios as of the end of the current and prior year. Calculate the receivables turnover ratio for the current year. Calculate the days to collect for the current year. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio for the current year. Calculate the days to sell for the current year.
Required A
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Required C
Required D
Required E
Current ratios as of the end of the current and prior year. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Current Year Prior Year
Current Ratio
Required A
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Calculate the receivables turnover ratio for the current year. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Receivables Turnover Ratio
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
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Calculate the days to collect for the current year. (Round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Days to Collect
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Calculate the inventory turnover ratio for the current year. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
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Calculate the days to sell for the current year. (Round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
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Chrzan, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product E0 and Product N0. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below: Expected Production Direct Labor-Hours Per Unit Total Direct Labor-Hours Product E0 340 9.4 3,196 Product N0 1,200 8.4 10,080 Total direct labor-hours 13,276 The company is considering adopting an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity: Estimated Expected Activity Activity Cost Pools Activity Measures Overhead Cost Product E0 Product N0 Total Labor-related DLHs $ 298,390 3,196 10,080 13,276 Production orders orders 57,587 500 600 1,100 Order size MHs 581,866 5,200 4,900 10,100 $ 937,843 The activity rate for the Order Size activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

describe the difference between real gdp and nominal gdp.​