Answer:
Decrease , Increase
Explanation:
Rising prices of goods and commodities in the United States would absolutely lead to a decrease in demand of the US dollars. This is principally due to the fact that, elsewhere, there is an alternative that costs lesser and hence, there would be a shift in sourcing, making the US dollars weakens.
Now, it is established that demand and supply are an inverse relationship. Due to the fact that demand is low, there’ would be an increase in supply of the currency in the foreign exchange market died to tube fact that there has been an increase in supply for it
Answer:
should specialize in the production of goods for which they have a lower opportunity cost of production than their trading partners
Explanation:
A country has comparative advantage in production if it produces at a lower opportunity cost when compared to other countries.
For example, country A produces 10kg of beans and 5kg of rice. Country B produces 5kg of beans and 10kg of rice.
for country A,
opportunity cost of producing beans = 5/10 = 0.5
opportunity cost of producing rice = 10/5 = 2
for country B,
opportunity cost of producing rice = 5/10 = 0.5
opportunity cost of producing beans = 10/5 = 2
Country A has a comparative advantage in the production of beans and country B has a comparative advantage in the production of rice
Country A should specialise in the production of beans and B should specialise in the production of rice
Answer: See attachment and explanation.
Explanation:
a. Determine the components of pension expense that the company would recognize in 2017.
Service cost = $52,000
Add: Interest on projected benefit obligation = $380,000 × 10% = $38,000
Less: Actual return on plan asset = ($11000)
Less: Unexpected loss = 200,000 × 10% - 11,000 = ($9000)
Ammortization of prior service cost = $15000
Pension expense = $85,000
b. The journal entry to record the pension expense and the company’s funding of the pension plan in 2017 has been attached.
c. The amount of the 2017 increase/decrease in gains or losses and the amount to be amortized in 2017 and 2018 has been attached.
d. The pension amounts reported in the financial statement as of December 31, 2017 will be $85,000.
