A Basic Knowledge About Reporting the Effects of Changing Prices

question 88

Multiple Choice

A basic knowledge about reporting the effects of changing prices is useful for which of the following reasons?

• A) Chances are that higher inflation rates will return to the United States, and readers of financial statements will once again be concerned about inflation- adjusted statements.
• B) High inflation is still present in many countries, and most accounting reports in those countries report the effects of inflation.
• C) The cumulative effect of even a 2% or 3% rate of inflation is substantial.
• D) All of these answers are correct.

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