On January 1 of this year, Houston Company issued a bond with a face value of $18,500 and a coupon rate of 7 percent. The bond matures in 3 years and pays interest every December 31. When the bond was issued, the annual market rate of interest was 6 percent. Houston uses the effective-interest amortization method. Required:
1. Complete a bond amortization schedule for all three years of the bond's life.
2. What amounts will be reported on the income statement and balance sheet at the end of Year 1 and Year 2?

What is overdraft protection (odp)? a.) a cheap and easy way to always avoid overdrawing a bank account b.) a service to automatically transfer available funds from a linked account to cover purchases, prevent returned checks and declined items when you don’t have enough money in your checking account at the time of the transaction. c.) an insurance policy sold by banks to prevent others from withdrawing your money d.) a service provided by the government that insures individuals bank deposits up to $250,000

Read the following scenario and answer the question in 5-10 sentences. you are the owner of a small business that is a defendant in a lawsuit in federal court. you received bad news from your lawyer that the judge did not allow certain documents to be admitted as evidence in court and that the jury reached a $50,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. your lawyer tells you that it is within your legal right to hire him to file an appeal with the united states court of appeals. if the appellate court rules in your favor, you may be able to avoid paying part or all of the $50,000. evaluate your lawyer’s suggestion about appealing the decision.

When the federal reserve buys bonds from or sells bonds to member banks, it is called monetary policy reserve ratio interest rate adjustment open market operations