Answer:
1. Which year is likely the base year?
The base year is likely to be 2018, because it has the lower consumer price index. This is because most economies show inflation (the gradual increase of the prices overtime within an economy) rather than deflation (the gradual decrease)
2. What is the inflation rate from 2018 to 2019?
Using the consumer price index (CPI) the inflation rate formula is:
Inflation rate = CPI year 2 - CPI year 1 / CPI year 1
in this case, the year 1 is our likely base year, 2018, and year 2 is 2019.
Now, we simply plug the amounts into the formula:
Inflation rate = 255.651 - 251.107 / 251.107 = 0.018 or 1.8%
So the inflation rate from 2018 to 2019 is 1.8%, a rather low number.
Answer:
The cost of equity based on the CAPM is 10.888%
Explanation:
The cost of equity of the stock or the required rate of return (r) is the minimum return required by investors to invest in a stock. The CAPM approach provides an equation to calculate the required rate of return (r) based on the risk free rate, stock's beta and the market risk premium. The formula for r is,
r = rRF + Beta * (rM - rRF)
Where,
- rRF is the risk free rate or rate on T bills
- rM is the expected return on market
r = 0.042 + 0.88 * (0.118 - 0.042)
r = 0.10888 or 10.888%
Answer:
The amount of overhead debited to Work in Process Inventory should be: a. $182,00
Explanation:
The Overheads are Applied in the Manufacturing Costs as:
Budgeted Rate × Actual Activity for the Month
At the End of the Period we would need to determined whether this amount of overhead is Over or Under Applied by comparing it to the actual overheads incurred of $180,000 (given)
In our Case, the predetermined overhead rate is 70% of direct labor cost
<em>Thus we need to find the Direct Labor Cost first</em>:
Total Labor Costs $360,000
<em>Less </em>Indirect Labor Costs<em> </em>$100,000
Direct Labor Cost $260,000
<em>Therefore Overheads applied would be determined as:</em>
= $260,000 × 70%
= $182,000
Answer: Market segment
Explanation: A market segment can be defined as group of potential customers of an organization. Such grouping is done by the organization on the basis of similar preferences of individuals. The organisations in the market do this to ensure their target market, so that they can enforce their marketing strategy in such markets.
In the given case, coffee collective is trying to identify customers that have a certain preference. Hence we can conclude that coffee collective is determining its market segment.
I believe the answer is B