The correct option is C, RETAIL SALES.
The income taxes, the GDP and the stock market can be used to gauge the economic status of a particular country, they are economic tools which are used to monitor the economy.
Retail sales refers to the activity of using cash register to monitor the financial transactions that are happening in a company, this is not an indication for what is happening in an economy.<span />
Answer:
D. the objective is to validate relationships and test hypotheses
Explanation:
In order to test hypothesis, a branch of statistics called "inferential statistics" is needed, and statistics, as it is well known, is a branch of mathematics (of applied mathematics).
Therefore, if you want to test an hypothesis and validate a relationship, you need to run a statistical study, and that study has to be fed with quantitative data.
Answer: $20,000
Explanation:
Bonds are to be carried in the books at their fair value which is their market value. That value is $20,000 in this instance and so Dyckman Dealers will have to record the bonds at that $20,000 value.
Investment analysis are not a basis for recording bond prices. They are simply a basis for making investment decisions. For instance, because they believe that the bond is overvalued, they can benefit from this by short selling the bond and waiting for it to drop in price.
Answer: Registered Bonds
Explanation:
A registered bond is one that has the owner's name and contact information recorded by the issuer so as to ensure that interest payments depending on the bond terms are rightly given out and also to track claims to coupons.The two ways bonds can be registered and transferred
1. Physically by printing owners details at the back of the certificate and BY signing or endorsing a certificate during transfer of bonds,
2. Electronically bY recording on a system database for ownership claim and for transfer of bonds.
The opposite of a Registered bond is a Bearer bond, Here, the owner"s details and information are not recorded.
In the U.S. current account, most of the trade deficit results from an excess of imported <span>merchandise (B).</span>
