Answer:
A. citizens tend to have greater confidence in the economy.
Explanation:
When a nation's standards of financial reporting are transparent and effective, by extension, the citizens tend to have greater confidence in the economy.
This is because when the government are transparent about the financial affairs of the nation, the citizens are confident in the economy
Answer:
The chosen option (considering enrollment costs and opportunity cost) is:
b) College course.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Costs/Benefits
College Course Community Course
Cost $2,600 $1,390
Opportunity costs -2,080 2,080
Net costs $520 $3,470
Distance to course 0.40 miles 16 miles
(walking distance) (driving distance)
Timing of course Weekday Weekend
Number of meetings 16 8
b) With the College course option, you will earn $2,080 ($260 * 8) weekdays to offset part of the enrollment cost. With the Community course option, $2,080 will be lost in opportunity cost, thereby increasing the total costs incurred. These costs are apart from the driving costs associated with traveling 16 miles to the Community Course at the local library.
Answer: Proposal C
Explanation:
The way to solve this is to calculate the Present Values of all these payments. The smallest present value is the best.
Proposal A.
Periodic payment of $2,000 makes this an annuity.
Present value of Annuity = Annuity * ( 1 - ( 1 + r ) ^ -n)/r
= 2,000 * (1 - (1 + 0.5%)⁻⁶⁰) / 0.5%
= $103,451.12
Proposal B
Present value = Down payment + present value of annuity
= 10,000 + [2,200 * ( 1 - ( 1 + 0.5%)⁻⁴⁸) / 0.5%]
= 10,000 + 93,676.70
= $103,676.70
Proposal C
Present value = Present value of annuity + Present value of future payment
= [500 * (1 - (1 + 0.5%)⁻³⁶) / 0.5%] + [116,000 / (1 + 0.5%)⁶⁰]
= 16,435.51 + 85,999.17
= $102,434.68
<em>Proposal C has the lowest present value and so is best. </em>
Answer:
exports more than it imports
Explanation:
Trade surplus is when export exceeds import.
Export is the sum total of goods and services sold to other countries. For example, if clothes are sold to China, it constitutes export.
Import is the sum total of goods and services bought from other countries. If a laptop manufactured in China is sold to someone in the US, this is import
Trade deficit is when a country imports more than it exports
