The reduction in transaction costs provided by financial intermediaries benefit:

The higher the nominal interest rate:

Criteria used to judge a central bank’s independence include each of the following, except:

All other factors equal, as nominal interest rates decrease, checking account balances should:

Suppose the currency-to-deposit ratio is 0.2, the excess reserve-to-deposit ratio is 0.05, and the required reserve ratio is 0.10. Which will have a larger impact on the money multiplier: a rise of 0.03 in the currency ratio or in the excess reserve ratio?

IVoted, Inc. purchased a new machine at the beginning of its calendar year.  The machine was purchased for $100,000 and will be used for 10 years (or 50,000 hours of use).  At the end of 10 years the machine will have a salvage/residual value of $10,000.  The machine was used 5,000, 8,000, 10,000 and 11,000 hours during the first 4 years of operations.  Each year the machine requires regular maintenance that costs $1,000.  At the end of the 10 years, IVote sold the machine for $7500 cash. Answer the following 5 questions regarding this machine and its related accounting.

What is the amount of money owed to Tesla by its customers as of December 31, 2019?

A company uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. At the end of the current year, the company’s unadjusted trial balance reported the following selected amounts:Accounts receivable $375,000 debitAllowance for uncollectible accounts 500 debitNet Sales 800,000 creditAll sales are made on credit. Based on past experience, the company estimates 0.6% of net credit sales to be uncollectible. What adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense?

What is the amount of depreciation expense IVoted will recognize during the second year of operations using the units-of-production method?

The monetary base is the sum of: