Match these terms with their definitions. a. The rate that reflects the provisions of the debt instrument, the credit standing of the borrowing business, and the current conditions in the credit markets and the economy as a whole.
b. The rate found in the debt contract that determines the amount of the interest payment.
c. Occurs when a bondâs issue price exceeds its face value.
d. The amount that must be repaid at maturity.
e. A type of liability which requires the issuing entity to pay the face value to the holder on the maturity date and to pay interest periodically at a specified rate.
f. Occurs when a bond is issued for an amount that is less than the principal.
g. Term referring to the date that a bondâs principal has to be repaid.

1. Bond.
2. Contract, coupon, stated rate.
3. Discount.
4. Face value, par value, principal.
5. Market rate, yield.
6. Maturity.
7. Premium.

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.

Swathmore clothing corporation grants its customers 30 days' credit. the company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. during the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 3% times the amount of credit sales for the month. at the fiscal year-end of december 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly. at the end of 2012, accounts receivable were dollar 586.000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of dollar 50,000. accounts receivable activity for 2013 was as follows: the company's controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable: prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year. (if no entry is required for a particular event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense. (if no entry is required for an event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) what is total bad debt expense for 2013? calculate the amount of accounts receivable that would appear in the 2013 balance sheet?

2. a computer equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $56,000 with an estimated residual value of $5,000, and an estimated useful life of five years. determine the second year’s depreciation expense using the straight-line method.