Petrus Company has a unique opportunity to invest in a two-year project in Australia. The project is expected to generate 1,000,
000 Australian dollars (A$) in the first year and 2,000,000 Australian dollars in the second. Petrus would have to invest $1,500,000 in the project. Petrus has determined that the cost of capital for similar projects is 14%. What is the net present value of this project if the spot rate of the Australian dollar for the two years is forecasted to be $.55 and $.60, respectively
The answer is: D) less than average variable cost.
Explanation:
If a company shuts down its production temporarily (not permanently), it will stop receiving revenue from the goods it used to produce but at the same time it will not be spending any money on variable costs. The company will suffer losses equivalent to its fixed costs (e.g. depreciation costs, rent, etc.).
A company decides to shut down its production when the revenue it receives from selling its products doesn't even cover their variable costs. That means it is losing money by producing its goods.
In a fix exchange rate, the country can address problem of currency market pressure that threaten yo lower or raise the value of its currency by this under listed measures;
1. if demand falls, then countries must increase demand by buying up the excess supply with domestic currency
2. if demand rises, countries must fill the excess demand for foreign currency by selling their reserves.
A common-cause variation shows changes because of unknown reasons within a series of undifferentiated produced items. The method aims to measure the accuracy of the manufacturing process given expected factors that could bring fluctuations in the output. Common-cause variations can be attributed to natural reasons such as employees' fatigue or distraction.
