Explanation:
Let’s explore one by one as proposed:
An oil cartel raises oil prices: all prices in the oil-related products will increase making it more expensive for companies to be able to afford employees. As the US economy is heavily based on oil import and consumption, the unemployment rate (let´s call it UR from now on) would increase. Countries that export more than import could benefit from this scenario.
The U.S. dollar gains value against foreign currencies: It would be more expensive to produce goods in the US as its currency becomes stronger. Hence companies could choose to produce overseas, increasing the UR. One of the factors that attract investments is a cheap currency, meaning that a company could operate there at lower costs than anywhere else.
American consumers expect higher income in the future: As fights about average salary would arise between employees and companies, igniting even sindicalization, its proper to think that the same as above could occur; companies could choose to produce overseas in countries less demanding of labor rights and income, such as China provinces (I would recommend for you to watch American Factory, a awarded Netflix documentary about that subject).
Brazil experiences economic growth and increases its demand for U.S. exports: as I said in the first alternative, a country that has increased or more expensive exports could benefit from that creating more jobs, in this case decreasing the UR. If Brazil demands more US products, more has to be produced by the country, which would mean more people employed in this attractive sector.
U.S. real estate values rise: to be honest, it only affects indirectly. As housing becomes more expensive, people have to work more to be able to afford housing. That would mean they seeking better-paying jobs or in the absence of those being homeless of at least unable to buy a home. We could argue that the UR would decrease because it becomes more expensive to afford housing and hence people would migrate more but that’s a long shot rationale.
Answer:
(C) Cash
Explanation:
Receivables means deptors. These are obligations that has been honoured and value given, but you're yet to get cash. Receivables are seen as such. So the things you've given value to and you're yet to receive cash or payment for are receivables.
So when receivables are collected, then the asset account Cash is increased.
On the Delivery of goods or Services, the company debits Accounts Receivable and credits what is known as Sales Revenues or Service Revenues. When an account receivable is collected say 30 days later, the account receivables is reduced and the Cash or bank account is increased.
The correct answer is DEPRECIATION.
Depreciation is defined as the incremental cost of wear and tear on an asset.
Depreciation is an accounting concept that allows a business or individual to allocate the cost of a capital item over the useful life of the item.
Answer:
$50.57 ; $175,573.6
Explanation:
The computation of the fixed and variable portions of overhead costs based on machine-hours using high low method is shown below:
Variable cost per hour = (High Overhead cost - low overhead cost) ÷ (High machine hours - low service hours)
= ($581,145 - $503,775) ÷ (8,020 hours - 6,490 hours)
= $77,370 ÷ 1,530 hours
= $50.57
Now the fixed cost equal to
= High overhead cost - (High machine hours × Variable cost per hour)
= $581,145 - (8,020 hours × $50.57)
= $581,145 - $405,571.4
= $175,573.60
