Answer:
imports exceed exports by $50 billion.
Explanation:
Calculation to determine how much imports exceed exports
Gross Domestic Product $1.2 trillion
Less Consumption ($690 billion)
Less Investment ($200 billion)
Less Government spending ($260 billion)
($1.2 trillion-$690 billion-$200 billion-$260 billion)
Then:imports exceed exports by $50 billion
Answer:
Debit Bad debt expense $19,000
Credit Allowance for doubtful debt $19,000
Explanation:
When a company makes sales on account, debit accounts receivable and credit sales. Based on assessment, some or all of the receivables may be uncollectible.
To account for this, debit bad debit expense and credit allowance for doubtful debt. Should the debt become uncollectible (i.e go bad), debit allowance for doubtful debt and credit accounts receivable.
Where a debit that had previously been determined to have gone bad gets settled, debit cash and credit bad debt expense.
Amount that may be uncollectible
= 4% * $600,000
= $24,000
Given that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $5,000 credit balance before adjustment, the additional amount to be adjusted for
= $24,000 - $5,000
= $19,000
Answer:
out-of-pocket
Explanation:
In Accounting, costing is the measurement of the cost of production of goods and services by assessing the fixed costs and variable costs associated with each step of production.
Cost pool is simply the amount of money spent by a firm on a particular activity.
Generally, an activity-based costing uses numerous cost pools such as manufacturing cost or customer services and numerous cost drivers such as direct labor hours worked, number of changes used in engineering department, etc.
Generally, an out-of-pocket cost requires that an individual or business outlay their future cash-flow and it must be relevant for current and future decision making.
Answer:
d. a monopoly firm reducing its price in an attempt to maintain its monopoly.
Explanation:
In a competitive system, a firm practices predatory pricing when it charges prices below its costs in order to eliminate competitors. When the prevailing system is a monopoly, the firm is the only company providing the good and it can practice predatory pricing in the short term to prevent a competitor from entering the market. Thus the firm remains monopolistic.
