Answer:
Explanation:
1. The journal entry for declaration of dividend is shown below:
Retained Earnings A/c Dr
= (8,600 million shares × $0.18 per share) = $1,548 million
To Dividend payable in cash $1,548 million
(Being dividend is declared)
2. No journal entry should be passed on the record date
3. The journal entry for payment of the cash dividend is shown below:
Cash dividend payable A/c Dr $1,548 million
To Cash $1,5480 million
(Being payment is made for cash dividend)
Answer:
Explanation:
Hyperinflation occurs when the prices of goods and services increases very rapidly. This situation is stirred up when the federal government in a country prints more money in order to finance their fiscal budget, this leads to increase in price coupled with inflation, this is as a result of increase in the supply of money.
The government is supposed to secure the supply of money in order to reduce inflation instead of printing more money. Consumers that understands what this means anticipates increase in price, this makes them buy more before the eventual increase in price.
Note that during hyperinflation debtors benefits, because their debt becomes worthless due to increase in price.
Answer:
SWOT Analysis.
Explanation:
Dave and his partner are studying the strengths and weaknesses of their construction business, Ajax Construction, as well as researching the opportunities and threats in the external environment. Dave and his partner are conducting a SWOT analysis. In SWOT analysis, we analyse our strengths and weaknesses, which comes from inside and we evaluate outside environment which can pose opportunities and threats on us. SWOT analysis is one the basic tool which can tell us what needs to be corrected and where we have to perform better and what segments we should serve, what new product we should enter in our portfolio. It also tell us what business we could be in and what business we should be in.
Answer:
The answer is:
Trade deficit;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Restrict.
Explanation:
In light of persistent TRADE DEFICIT , growing FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT and the tendency by some firms and industries to seek legislative redress for failures in the marketplace, the US Congress in the past two decades has increasingly been willing to provide the president with more powers to RESTRICT trade.
Trade deficit occurs when a country import more goods than what she is exporting. Trade deficit makes infant industries im the home country less competitive.
Foreign Direct Investment is the ownership of business in another country.
Restricting trade can makes home infant industries more competitive.
The Earned Income Credit is one alternative to PRICE controls