Climate Change is the first trend that is expected to cause more natural disasters. This has been facilitated by global warming caused by increased green house gases. Food prices are expected to rise due to high temperatures that has affected corn and soybean. Floods and storms are now becoming unpredictable.
There is high control of oil, gas and food prices by financial markets. Commodities traders are now setting prices instead of supply and demand thus the value of dollar in under the control of foreign exchange traders.
Increasing rates of interest, where recently the Federal Reserve wants to increase the Fed fund rates to two percent point. Inflation will be at 2% and unemployment at 4% thus this will show <u>a no falling to recession situation</u> which will allow Fed to keep increasing rates.In the long run cost of loans will rise.
Other trends to notice are;the decline in global economic power of the U.S and the fact that the U.S economy is current in the expansion phase of the business cycle.
I believe the answer is: B. <span>businesses making the same product agree to limit production.
In a monopoly, only one single business exist that control the production of a certain goods in the market.
For cartel, there are a lot of established businesses with different ownership, but they agreed to control their production in order to maintain the price level in the market.
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Answer:
1. It has worsened
2. Yes (refer details below)
3. Refer details below
Explanation:
1. Performance
The performance of the company over the last three years has worsened as indicated by declining sales and decreasing current ratios impacting profitability and liquidity of the company.
2. Concerns
One of the most important concern for the company is its declining sales. It shows that the products are not competitive. Current ratios indicates liquidity crisis since they are decreasing.
3. Recommendations
The company's turnover ratio is high, which may indicates payments are being received timely, and hence the co. should take advantage of that
Low inventory turnover, on the other hand, indicates weaker sales and declining demand for a company’s products which is corroborated by the declining sales trend, the co. must increase its sales, launch new products, advertise aggressively.
Answer:
A
cash 15,000 debit
accounts receivable 15,000 credit
B
cash 150 debit
gift card liaiblity 150 credit
C
accounts receivable 4,000 debit
services revenue 4,000 credit
D
cash 2,250 debit
unearned revenue 2,250 credit
E
accounts receivable 125 debit
service revenues 125 credit
Explanation:
A
we increase cash and decrease the customers accounts
B
we record the cash proceeds and use a liability for the obligation in the near future to provide services to a customer
C
we recognize the revenue and increase our accounts receivable
D
as the colleciton is in advance the revenue is not earned. this is a liability as we now have the obligation to perform services in the near future
E
we must match the revenue whn the time it occurs and that time was february not march.