Use the Following Data to Determine the Total Dollar Amount

question 96

Multiple Choice

Use the following data to determine the total dollar amount of assets to be classified as investments. $\begin{array} { l } \text {Edie's Flomer Shoppe }\\\text {Balance Sheet }\\\text { December 31,2022 }\\\begin{array}{lr}\text { Cash } & \$ 126,000 \\\text { Accounts receivable } & 120,000 \\\text { Inventory } & 210,000 \\\text { Prepaid insurance } & 90,000 \\\text { Stock investments } & 255,000 \\\text { Land } & 285,000\\\text { Buildings } & \$ 339,000 & \\\text { Less: Accumulated } & & \\\quad \text { depreciation } (60,000) & 279,000 \\\text { Trademarks } & 210,000 \\\text { Total assets } & \$ 1575,000\end{array}&\begin{array}{lr}\text { Accounts payable } & \$ 165,000 \\\text { Salaries and wages payable } & 30,000 \\\text { Mortgage payable } & 270,000 \\\hline \text { Total liabilities } & 465,000\\\\\\\text { Common stock } & \$ 360,000 \\\text { Retained earnings } &{750,000}\\\text { Total stockholders' equity } & 1,110,000 \\\text { Total liabilities and } & \\\text { stockholders' equity } & \$ 1,575,000\end{array}\end{array}$

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Definitions:

Money Supply Growth Rate

The rate at which the amount of money available in an economy is increasing.

Natural Rate of Unemployment

The level of unemployment consistent with sustainable economic growth, where the labor force and job vacancies are in equilibrium.

Monetary Policy

A strategy used by a country's central bank to control the money supply in the economy, often targeting inflation or interest rates to ensure economic stability.

Phillips Curve

An economic theory proposing an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation, suggesting that lower unemployment comes with higher inflation and vice versa.