The Current Ratio and Inventory Turnover Ratios Both Help Us

question 67

True/False

The current ratio and inventory turnover ratios both help us measure the firm's liquidity.The current ratio measures the relationship of a firm's current assets to its current liabilities, while the inventory turnover ratio gives us an indication of how long it takes the firm to convert its inventory into cash.

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Definitions:

Purely Competitive

A market scenario where all participants sell indistinguishable goods, ensuring no one seller can influence prices, creating an ideal competition.

Market Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the total output of the good all producers are willing to supply.

Remaining Firms

Businesses that continue to operate in a market after others have exited, often due to competitive advantages or niches.

Invisible Hand

A metaphor introduced by Adam Smith to describe how individual self-interest in a free-market economy leads to economic well-being and efficiency as if by an invisible hand guiding them.