Your client performed the physical count of inventory as of november 30, one month prior to year-end. subsequently, your client closed the sales journal on 12/29/xx, two days before year end, and reported those two days' credit sales in january of the next year. assuming the client uses a perpetual inventory system which of the following is most likely to be overstated relating to the year xx financial statements? a. sales. b. cash. c. inventory. d. accounts receivable.

The business cycle is the periodic but irregular up-and-down movement in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real gross domestic product (gdp) and other macroeconomic variables. a business cycle is typically characterized by four phases—recession, recovery, growth, and decline—that repeat themselves over time. economists note, however, that complete business cycles vary in length. the duration of business cycles can be anywhere from about two to twelve years, with most cycles averaging six years in length. some business analysts use the business cycle model and terminology to study and explain fluctuations in business inventory and other individual elements of corporate operations. but the term "business cycle" is still primarily associated with larger (industry-wide, regional, national, or even international) business trends.