Which of the following refers to a group of countries committed to removing all barriers to the free flow of goods and services between each other but pursuing independent external trade policies?
(a) free trade area
(b) customs union
(c) common market
(d) economic union

Bond x is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 7% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. your required return on bond x is 10%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. you (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 9.5%. how much should you be willing to pay for bond x today? (hint: you will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to the nearest cent.

The following information is available for juno company for the month ending june 30, 2019. * balance as per the bank statement is $ 11 comma 000. * balance as per books is $ 10 comma 400. * check #506 for $ 1 comma 200 and check #510 for $ 900 were not shown on the june 30, bank statement. * a deposit in transit of $ 3 comma 346 had not been received by the bank when the bank statement was generated. * a bank debit memo indicated an nsf check for $ 70 written by jane smith to juno company on june 13. * a bank credit memo indicated a note collected by the bank of $ 1 comma 900 and interest revenue of $ 51 on june 20. * the bank statement indicated service charges of $ 35. what is the adjusted book balance?

During january 2018, the following transactions occur: january 1 purchase equipment for $20,600. the company estimates a residual value of $2,600 and a five-year service life. january 4 pay cash on accounts payable, $10,600. january 8 purchase additional inventory on account, $93,900. january 15 receive cash on accounts receivable, $23,100 january 19 pay cash for salaries, $30,900. january 28 pay cash for january utilities, $17,600. january 30 firework sales for january total $231,000. all of these sales are on account. the cost of the units sold is $120,500. the following information is available on january 31, 2018. depreciation on the equipment for the month of january is calculated using the straight-line method. the company estimates future uncollectible accounts. at the end of january, considering the total ending balance of the accounts receivable account as shown on the general ledger tab, $4,100 is now past due (older than 90 days), while the remainder of the balance is current (less than 90 days old). the company estimates that 50% of the past due balance will be uncollectible and only 3% of the current balance will become uncollectible. record the estimated bad debt expense. accrued interest revenue on notes receivable for january. unpaid salaries at the end of january are $33,700. accrued income taxes at the end of january are $10,100