Briefly explain whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: " are things of value that people own. liabilities are debts. therefore, a bank will always consider a checking account deposit to be an asset and a car loan to be a liability."
a. disagree. checking accounts represent something that the bank owes to the owner of the account. it is a bank liability.
b. disagree. both checking accounts and car loans represent bank liabilities.
c. agree. loans are debts and therefore bank liabilities.
d. agree. checking accounts are something of value that is in the bank. therefore, they are a bank asset.

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

Use the following account numbers and corresponding account titles to answer the following question. account no. account title (1) cash (2) merchandise inventory (3) cost of goods sold (4) transportation-out (5) dividends (6) common stock (7) selling expense (8) loss on the sale of land (9) sales which accounts would appear on the income statement?

Determine if the following statements are true or false. an increase in government spending can crowd out private investment. an improvement in the budget balance increases the demand for financial capital. an increase in private consumption may crowd out private investment. lower interest rates can lead to private investment being crowded out. a trade balance in sur+ increases the supply of financial capital. if private savings is equal to private investment, then there is neither a budget sur+ nor a budget deficit.