Suppose Specific Automakers is considering signing a long-term contract with the union representing its workers. Specific Automakers and the union both agree that real wages should increase by 2%. Inflation is expected to be 5%, so they agree on a 7% nominal wage increase. Now, suppose inflation turns out to be lower than expected, coming in at 4%. This wouldharm the union and Specific Automakers because the real wage increase would now be . Because of uncertainty about future inflation, the union devotes a large quantity of resources to monitoring inflation indicators in order to maximize its financial position. This illustrates the fact that: Inflation obscures relative price changes Inflation harms lenders and helps borrowers Variable inflation is associated with high transaction costs

Concrete consulting co. has the following accounts in its ledger: cash; accounts receivable; supplies; office equipment; accounts payable; jason payne, capital; jason payne, drawing; fees earned; rent expense; advertising expense; utilities expense; miscellaneous expense. transactions oct. 1 paid rent for the month, $3,600. 3 paid advertising expense, $1,200. 5 paid cash for supplies, $750. 6 purchased office equipment on account, $8,000. 10 received cash from customers on account, $14,800. 15 paid creditors on account, $7,110. 27 paid cash for miscellaneous expenses, $400. 30 paid telephone bill (utility expense) for the month, $250. 31 fees earned and billed to customers for the month, $33,100. 31 paid electricity bill (utility expense) for the month, $1,050. 31 withdrew cash for personal use, $2,500. journalize the following selected transactions for october 2019 in a two-column journal. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

The cost of capital: introduction the cost of capital: introduction companies issue bonds, preferred stock, and common equity to aise capital to invest in capital budgeting projects. capital is』necessary factor of production and like any other factor, it has a cost. this cost is equal to the select the applicable security. the rates of return that investors require on bonds, preferred stocks, and common equity represent the costs of those securities to the firm. companies estimate the required returns on their securities, calculate a weighted average of the costs of their different types of capital, and use this average cost for capital budgeting purposes. required return on rate: when calculating om operations when the firm's primary financial objective is to select shareholder value. to do this, companies invest in projects that earnselect their cost of capital. so, the cost of capital is often referred to as the -select -select and accruals, which a se spontaneously we hted average cost of capital wa c our concern is with capital that must be provided by select- 쑤 interest-bearing debt preferred stock and common equity. capital budgeting projects are undertaken, are not included as part of total invested capital because they do not come directly from investors. which of the following would be included in the caculation of total invested capital? choose the response that is most correct a. notes payable b. taxes payable c retained earnings d. responses a and c would be included in the calculation of total invested capital. e. none of the above would be included in the cakulation of total invested capital.