Answer:
1) Household consumption, which accounts for about <u>68%*</u> of the economy, grew at a 4.2% annualized rate during the second quarter of 2016.
*Data obtained from federal government sources.
2) Since household/consumer spending (consumption) represents almost 70% of the nation's GDP, any change will cause a major change in the total GDP. E.g. if consumption increases by 5%, then the whole economy will grow by 5% x 68% = 3.4%.
Answer:
Skunkworks
Explanation:
The term skunkworks is mostly used in business and also the technical fields to describe a group that is within an organization that has high autonomy and have tasks that requires them to work on advanced or secret projects. They are allowed to operate outside the usual processes such that they have the freedom to come up with new ideas.
Answer:
When prepaid insurance (or any other prepaid expense) is adjusted at year end in order to record accrued expenses, financial statements are affected in the following way:
- income statement: costs increase, decreasing profits
- balance sheet: assets and equity decrease
- cash flow statement: cash from operating activities increases
- owners' equity: decreases
Answer:
This enables Fleet to reduce costs of regulatory compliance in relation to the security issue
Explanation:
When a company is exempt under the Securities Act of 1993,this implies that when issuing securities in the market place,the stock exchange ,the company is not required to produce audited financial statements.
Auditing financial statements sometimes cost fortunes especially when it is also required that one of the Big-4 professional firms is to be consulted.
By not requiring audited financials,the costs of audit is saved,hence cost of compliance with exchange rules is reduced overall
Answer:
Hedge funds are: high risk, even though they may be market-neutral.
