Answer:
PV= $8,447
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Future value= $13,000
Number of months= 9*12= 108
Interest rate= 0.4/100= 0.004 compounded montlhy
To calculate the initial investment required, we need to use the following formula:
PV= FV/(1+i)^n
PV= 13,000/(1.004^108)
PV= $8,447
_____ innovation involves making slight modifications to existing products in an effort to distinguish a product from the competition.
Answer:Continuous
Explanation:
New Gadgets, Inc., currently pays no dividend but is expected to pay its first annual dividend of $4.90 per share exactly 7 years from today. After that, the dividends are expected to grow at 3.5 percent forever. If the required return is 11.3 percent, what is the price of the stock today
Answer:
Price of stock today =$33.045
Explanation:
The price of a stock using the dividend valuation model is the present value of the the future dividend expected from the stock discounted at the required rate of return.
This model would be applied as follows
PV of the first dividend =
Dividend in year 7 × (1+r)^(-n)
r- 11.3%, n- 7
PV = 4.90× 1.113^(-7) = 2.315
Dividend in year 8 and beyond
PV (in year 7 terms) =4.90× 1.035/(0.113- 0.035)= 65.019
PV of dividend in year 0
=PV in year 7 × 1.113^(-7)
=65.019 × 1.113^(-7) = 30.73
Price of stock today = 2.315+ 30.73 = 33.045
Price of stock today =$33.045
EVA/MVA The financial statements reflect historical data, but managers' performance must be evaluated on the basis of values. To provide this information, financial analysts have developed two measures: Market Value Added (MVA) and Economic Value Added (EVA). Market Value Added represents the difference between the money stockholders have invested in the firm versus the cash they could receive if the firm were sold. The equation for MVA is:
Answer:
MVA = (Shares outstanding * Stock price) - Total common equity
Explanation:
Market value added is the excess of equity over its book value. It is the difference between money invested by stockholders and the cash they will receive if the company is sold. The higher MVA of a company means performance of the company management is good and is in the favor of stockholders.
Keidis Industries will pay a dividend of $5.15, $6.25, and $7.45 per share for each of the next three years, respectively. In four years, you believe that the company will be acquired for $69.00 per share. The return on similar stocks is 11.4 percent. What is the current stock price
Answer:
The answer is $59.85
Explanation:
This question will be solved using the Dividend Discount Model. It is one of the valuation methods used in valuing price of Equity/stock.
Po = D1 + (1 + r)^n + D2 + (1 + r)^n + D2 + (1 + r)^n + CF4 /(1 + r)^n
Po is the current worth of stocks
D1, D2, D3 is the dividend paid in year 1, 2 and 3
CF4 is the price of the company in year 4
r is the discount rate
n is the number of years
$5.15 /1.114^1 + $6.25 /1.114^2 +$7.45/1.114^3 + $69/1.114^4
$4.62 + $5.04 + $5.39 + $44.80
Current price of the stock = $59.85
Juggernaut Satellite Corporation earned $18.5 million for the fiscal year ending yesterday. The firm also paid out 40 percent of its earnings as dividends yesterday. The firm will continue to pay out 40 percent of its earnings as annual, end-of-year dividends. The remaining 60 percent of earnings is retained by the company for use in projects. The company has 2 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current stock price is $80. The historical return on equity (ROE) of 14 percent is expected to continue in the future.
What is the required rate of return on the stock?
Answer:
13.41%
Explanation:
Last Year: Earnings = $18,500,000
Shares Outstanding = 2,000,000
Earnings per share = Earnings / Shares Outstanding
= $18,500,000 / 2,000,000
= $9.25
Dividend per share, D0 = Earnings per share * Payout Ratio
Dividend per share, D0 = $9.25 * 40%
Dividend per share, D0 = $3.70
Retention Ratio = 60%
Return on Equity = 14%
Growth Rate, g = Return on Equity * Retention ratio
Growth Rate, g = 14% * 0.60
Growth Rate, g = 8.40%
Current Price, P0 = $80.00
Next Year: Dividend per share, D1 = D0 * (1 + g)
Dividend per share, D1 = $3.70 * (1 + 8.40%)
Dividend per share, D1 = $3.70 * 1.084
Dividend per share, D1 = $4.0108
Required Rate of Return = D1 / P0 + g
= $4.0108 / $80.00 + 0.0840
= 0.0501 + 0.0840
= 0.1341
= 13.41%
The information necessary for preparing the 2018 year-end adjusting entries for Winter Storage appears below. Winter's fiscal year-end is December 31.
a. Depreciation on the equipment for the year is $7,000.
b. Salaries earned (but not paid) from December 16 through December 31, 2018, are $3,400.
c. On March 1, 2018, Winter lends an employee $12,000 and a note is signed requiring principal and interest at 6% to be paid on February 28, 2019.
d. On April 1, 2018, Winter pays an insurance company $15,000 for a one-year fire insurance policy. The entire $15,000 is debited to prepaid insurance at the time of the purchase.
e. $1,500 of supplies are used in 2018.
f. A customer pays Winter $4,200 on October 31, 2018, for six months of storage to begin November 1, 2018. Winter credits deferred revenue at the time of cash receipt.
g . On December 1, 2018, $4,000 advertising is paid to a local newspaper. The payment represents advertising for December 2018 through March 2019, at $1,000 per month. Prepaid advertising is debited at the time of the payment.
Required: Record the necessary adjusting entries at December 31, 2018.
Answer:
Adjusting entries are entries that indicate the events of the company that have occurred but not yet recorded by the company.
a. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31 Depreciation Expenses $7,000
2018 Accumulated Expenses $7,000
(Record depreciation on equipment )
b. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31 Salary expenses $3,400
2018 Salary payable $3,400
(Record salary incurred but not paid)
c. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31 Interest receivables $660
2018 (12,000 * 6% * 11/12)
Interest revenue $660
(Record of interest earned)
d. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31 Insurance Expenses $11,250
2018 (15,000 * 9/12)
Prepaid Insurance $11,250
(Record payment of insurance expenses)
e. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31. Supplies Expenses $1,500
2018 Supplies $1,500
(Record of supplies)
f. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31, Deferred revenue $1,400
2018 (4,200 * 2 month / 6 month)
Service revenue $1,400
(Record advance payment for services provided)
g. DATE DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT
Dec 31, Advertisement Expenses $1,000
2018 Prepaid Advertisement $1,000
(Record payment for advertisement)
What is true regarding static budgets? Select one: a. It is the budgeted amount used to calculate standard costs. b. It is the budgeted amount used to calculate the actual costs. c. It is also called moving or nonstationary budgets. d. All of the above
Answer:
b. It is the budgeted amount used to calculate the actual costs.
Explanation:
Static budget is the budget which remains the same even if there is some changes made but the flexible budget do not remain the same.
Moreover, the static budget is the main budget that used to prepare the standard cost by considering the budgeted activity level
Therefore it is the budget in which the budgeted amount should be considered in order to determine the actual cost that helps to make the flexible budget
A manufacturer that sells _ is most likely to employ personal selling.
A. Scissors with a safety attachment.
B. Generic tea at a low cost.
C. Private jets to people.
D. Packaged chips all over the world.
Answer:
C. Private jets to people.
Explanation:
Personal selling refers to a strategy in which the sales people meet with the customer to convince him/her to buy the product. This strategy is used when the goods of services are costly or technical. According to this, the answer is that a manufacturer that sells private jets to people is most likely to employ personal selling because it is an specialized and costly product that requires to meet the customer to be able to explain everything and encourage him/her to make the purchase.
The other options are not right because they are cheaper products and don't require the sales people to meet with the customer to be able to sell them.
Galvatron Metals has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 6.3 percent and semiannual payments. The bond currently sells for $1,919 and matures in 17 years. The par value is $2,000 and the company's tax rate is 39 percent. What is the company's aftertax cost of debt?
Answer:
4.09%
Explanation:
For computing the after cost of debt we have to applied the RATE formula i.e to be shown in the attachment below:
Given that,
Present value = $1,919
Future value or Face value = $2,000
PMT = 2,000 × 6.3% ÷ 2 = $63
NPER = 17 years × 2 = 34 years
The formula is shown below:
= Rate(NPER,PMT,-PV,FV,type)
The present value come in negative
So, after applying the above formula,
1. The pretax cost of debt is 3.35% × 2 = 6.70%
2. And, the after tax cost of debt would be
= Pretax cost of debt × ( 1 - tax rate)
= 6.70% × ( 1 - 0.39)
= 4.09%
Consider Country (Z) with a GDP level of 210,000 and a growth rate of 5% in 2019 (i.e. calculated at the end of year 2019). The experts predict that the growth of the economy of Country (Z) wills gradually slowdown in the coming years. More precisely, they foresee the following growth rates for the future: 2019 – 2022 (5%), 2022 – 2025 (3%). Hint: The list above should be read as saying that, for instance, `the growth rate from the end of 2019 until the end of 2022 will be 5%, then from the end of 2022 until the end of 2025 it will be 3%’ and so on. Requirement a) Assuming that the predictions of the experts listed above are accurate, when in the future will Country Z’s GDP double compared to the GDP level of 2019? [10 marks] b) What would Country Z’s GDP growth rate be from 2025 and so on at 1%? Explain your reasoning carefully. [5 marks] c) Consider now the more optimistic scenario in which the economy does not slow down and the current growth rate of 5% remains constant in the coming years. How long will it take for the GDP level to double in this scenario? Express your answer in two forms: i) In number of years [5 marks] ii) As a fraction of your answer in part a.
Answer:
Please help me, l can not answer it
Explanation:
PWD Incorporated is an Illinois corporation. It properly included, deducted, or excluded the following items on its federal tax return in the current year: Item Amount Federal Treatment Illinois income taxes $ 33,361 Deducted on federal return Indiana income taxes $ 18,480 Deducted on federal return Ohio Commercial Activity Tax $ 3,992 Deducted on federal return Illinois municipal bond interest $ 9,984 Excluded from federal return Indiana municipal bond interest $ 15,100 Excluded from federal return Federal T-note interest $ 2,492 Included on federal return PWD's federal taxable income was $104,000. Calculate PWD's Illinois state tax base.
Answer:
PWD's Illinois state tax base = $168,449
Explanation:
DATA
Illinois income taxes = $33,361
indiana income taxes = $18,480
Illinois municipal bond interest = $9,984
Indiana municipal bond interest = $15,100
Federal T-note interest = $2,492
Federal taxable income = $104,000
PWD's Tax Base = ?
Solution
PWD's Illinois Tax base can be calculated as follows
Formula
Illinois state tax base = Federal taxable income+Indiana income taxes+Illinois income taxes+Indiana municipal bond interest – federal t-note interest
Illinois state tax base = $104,000 + $18,480 + $33,361 + $15,100 - $2,492
PWD's Illinois state tax base = $168,449
On January 2, 2021 Pod Company purchased 30% of the outstanding common stock of Jobs, Inc. and used the equity method to account for the investment. During 2021, Jobs reported net loss of $160,000 and distributed dividends of $100,000. The ending balance in the Investment in Jobs Company account at December 31, 2021 was $640,000 after applying the equity method. What was the purchase price Pod Company paid for its investment in Jobs, Inc.? "g"
Answer:
The purchase price is 7 million 435 thousnad 638.92 dollars
Explanation:
Super Carpeting Inc. (SCI) just paid a dividend (D₀) of $3.12 per share, and its annual dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate (g) of 6.50% per year. If the required return (r s ) on SCI’s stock is 16.25%, then the intrinsic value of SCI’s shares is
Answer:
Intrinsic Value = $33.23
Explanation:
The intrinsic value of a stock using the dividend valuation model is the present value of the the future dividend expected from the stock discounted at the required rate of return.
This model is represented as follows
D(1+g)/(r-g) = P
Price, D- dividend payable in now, ke- required rate of return, g- growth rate
D- 3.12 , g-6.50% r-6.25%
Intrinsic value = (3.12× 1.065)/(0.1625-0.065)= $33.228
Intrinsic Value = $33.23
Under Variable costing, fixed expenses: Select one: a. Are subtracted from sales to arrive at the contribution margin b. Are subtracted from sales to arrive at the gross profit c. Are expensed in the current period d. A and C
Answer:
The answer is C. Are expensed in the current period
Explanation:
Under variable costing, fixed expenses is treated as a period cost and is expensed in the current period's income statement.
Option A is incorrect because variable cost and not fixed cost cost are subtracted from sales to arrive at contribution margin
Option B is also incorrect because cost of sales and not fixed cost/expenses are subtracted from sales to arrive at gross profit.
Dora Inc. reported the following on the company's cash flow statement: Sales $3,500,000 Net cash flow from operating activities 350,000 Net cash flow used for investing activities (100,000) Net cash flow used for financing activities (200,000) Free cash flow 290,000 What is the ratio of free cash flow to sales
Answer:
8.3%
Explanation:
Dora Inc. reported a sales of $3,500,000
The net cash flow from operating activities is $350,000
The net cash flow used for investing activities is $100,000
The net cash flow used for financial activities is $200,000
The free cash flow is $290,000
Therefore, the free cash flow to sales ratio can be calculated as follows
Free cash flow to sales ratio= Free cash flow/Sales × 100%
= $290,000/$3,500,000 × 100
= 0.0828×100
= 8.3%
Hence the ratio of the free cash flow to sales is 8.3%
Granfield Company has a piece of manufacturing equipment with a book value of $45,000 and a remaining useful life of four years. At the end of the four years the equipment will have a zero salvage value. The market value of the equipment is currently $23,000. Granfield can purchase a new machine for $130,000 and receive $23,000 in return for trading in its old machine. The new machine will reduce variable manufacturing costs by $20,000 per year over the four-year life of the new machine. The total increase or decrease in net income by replacing the current machine with the new machine (ignoring the time value of money) is:
Answer:
i think the answer is 115
Explanation:
if you add 45.000+23.000+23.000+20.000+4 =115 there your answer
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Weatherwear estimates that every unit sold and returned due to defect costs the company $200 in profits. Approximately what would Weatherwear’s total profits have been in Year 5 if all units sold and returned due to defect had been eliminated?
Answer: С. $9.5 million
Explanation:
The units that were sold and later returned due to defect in Year 5 total;
= 688 + 124 + 536 + 28 + 101 + 8 + 206 + 28 + 120 + 1,050 + 30
= 2,919 units were sold and later returned
Each unit costs the company $200 in profits so;
= 2,919 * 200
= $583,800
Weatherwear made a total profit of $8.9 million in Year 5.
If the defective units had been eliminated then the loss as a result of the units would have been added to the profits as;
= 8,900,000 + 583,800
= $9,483,800
= $9.5 million
As a firm's sales grow, its current assets also tend to increase. For instance, as sales increase, the firm's inventories generally increase, and purchases of inventories result in more accounts payable. Thus, spontaneous liabilities that reduce AFN arise from transactions brought on by sales increases. True or false?
Answer: True
Explanation:
Current assets are the assets that a company had and which are expected to be either used or sold over the next year. Examples of current assets are cash, cash equivalents, stock inventory, accounts receivable, marketable securities, and other liquid assets.
It should be noted that when the sales of a from continue to grow, the current assets of such company also increases. An example is when there is an increase in the sales increase, this.will also have an impact on the firm's inventories as there will be an increase.
In October of the current year, Jasmine received a $15,520 payment from a client for 32 months of rent. The rental period begins on September 1 of this year. This amounts to $485 per month. Jasmine is a calendar-year taxpayer. What amount of the $15,520 payment, if any, must Jasmine recognize this year if she uses the accrual method of accounting
Answer:
Jasmine recognize $1,940 this year if she uses the accrual method of accounting.
Explanation:
The Accrual or Matching Concept in accounting requires revenues and expenses to be recorded in the period i which they occur or incur.
The entry to record the receipt of payment is :
Cash $15,520 (debit)
Unearned Rental Income $15,520 (credit)
By the end of the year on 31 December, 4 months rent income starting September will have been earned and entries are as follows :
Unearned Rental Income $1,940 (debit)
Rental Income $1,940 (credit)
Rental Income calculation = $15,520 × 4 / 32
= $1,940
Jay received the following fair market value amounts during the current year: Interest on Montgomery County bonds (used to build a bridge) $100 Interest on U.S. Treasury notes $200 Gain on sale of Montgomery County bonds $300 Common stock dividend in IBM Corporation common stock (no cash option) $400 What amount of taxable income should Jay report from these amounts
Answer:
$300
Explanation:
Given that :
Jay received the following fair market value amounts during the current year:
Interest on Montgomery County bonds
(used to build a bridge) $100
Interest on U.S. Treasury notes $200
Gain on sale of Montgomery County bonds $300
Common stock dividend in IBM Corporation
- common stock (no cash option) $400
From the above amounts that Jay received during the current year;
The following are free from an obligation and liability imposed as a result of tax.
1. Interest on Montgomery County bonds (used to build a bridge)
2. Interest on U.S. Treasury notes
3. Common stock dividend in IBM Corporation common stock (no cash option)
So; we can say they are not taxable
BUT only Gain on sale of Montgomery County bonds which is $300 only taxable
Thus, The amount of taxable income Jay should report from the above amounts is $300
Trak Corporation incurred the following costs while manufacturing its bicycles.
Bicycle components $100,000
Advertising expense $45,000
Depreciation on plant 60,000
Property taxes on plant 14,000
Property taxes on store 7,500
Delivery expense 21,000
Labor costs of assembly-line workers 110,000
Sales commissions 35,000
Factory supplies used 13,000
Salaries paid to sales clerks 50,000
Required:
Identify each of the above costs as direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, or period costs.
Please find the answer below.
Explanation:
Bicycle components $100,000 - Direct materials
Advertising Expense $45,000 - Period costs
Depreciation on plant $14,000 - manufacturing overhead
Property taxes on plant $14,000 - manufacturing overhead
Property taxes on store $7,500 - manufacturing overhead
Delivery expense $21,000 - period costs
Labor costs of assembly-line workers $110,000 - Direct labor
Sales commissions $35,000 - Period costs
Factory supplies used $13,000 - Period costs
Salaries paid to sales clerks $50,000 - period costs
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railway cabooses just paid its annual dividend of 1.70 per share. The company has been reducing the dividends by 11.3 percent each year. How much are you willing to pay today to purchase stock in this company if your required rate of return is 12 percent?
Answer:
8.24
Explanation:
According to the given situation, the computation of purchase stock is shown below:-
Purchase price = Dividend in paid in next year ÷ (required rate of return - Growth rate)
= (1.70 ÷ (1 - 0.113)) ÷ (0.12 - (-0.113))
= 1.92 ÷ 0.233
= 8.24
Therefore for computing the purchase price we simply applied the above formula.
CDB stock is currently priced at $80. The company will pay a dividend of $4.57 next year and investors require a return of 10.8 percent on similar stocks. What is the dividend growth rate on this stock
Answer:
The answer is 5.09%
Explanation:
The model used in this question is the Dividend Discount Model and it is one of the methods used in determining the price of stock. Here, the price of stock had already been determined. We are looking for one of the variables (growth rate) used in determining the price.
The formula for determining price of stock is:
Po = D1/r - g
Where Po is the price of stock
D1 is the dividend for next year
r is the rate of return
g is the dividend growth rate
$80 = $4.57/0.108 - g
Cross multiply:
8.64 - 80g = 4.57
80g = 8.64 - 4.57
80g = 4.07
g = 4.07/80
g =0.05088
g = 5.09%
Baldwin Corp. ended the year carrying $21,580,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how many more dollars of contribution margin would it have brought to Baldwin Corp.?
Explanation:
The given question cannot be answered as little information is provided. However it shall be an amount if $21,580,000. For, complete analysis we need to understand the current prices and various other variable costs. We know that the contribution margin is the Sale Price (SP) minus the Variable Cost (VC). It is the number of sales per unit that will be available to service fixed expenses and to generate the profit.
Therefore, to determine a more detailed answers more inputs are needed.
Which of the following accounts will only be found in the chart of accounts of a merchandising company? a. Accounts Payable b. Accounts Receivable c. Inventory d. Sales
Answer:
c. Inventory
Explanation:
A merchandising company is one that specialises in buying and reselling goods. Profit is made by selling goods at higher prices than they were bought.
Merchandising companies can be wholesale or retail businesses.
Because of the nature of their business merchandising companies usually make use of storage facilities to stock goods. This nesecitates the use of an inventory account to monitor inflow and outflow of goods.
Therefore inventory account is used only by merchandising companies
Answer:
The answer is C. Inventory
Explanation:
Meerchandising company is a company that buys goods(inventories) and resells them later at a price higher than the purchase price.
We have two types of merchandising companies:
1. Retail
2. Wholesale.
Since they buy and sells inventories (goods), only inventory accounts can be found in the chart of accounts among those options.
The market basket approach is intended to isolate changes in consumption level by holding constant the cost of goods and services purchased in two or more periods of interest.
Answer:
The market basket approach is intended to isolate changes in price level by holding constant the quantity of goods and services purchased in two or more periods of interest.
The Market Basket Approach is a method of measuring price changes in the Economy and is usually used to track changes in an individual market segment. It works by constantly buying a certain amount of goods and services overtime. The changes in price for those exact same goods will give an indication of just how much price is changing by in the Economy.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a type of CPI.
We have the following data for a hypothetical open economy: GNP = $12 comma 00012,000 Consumption (C) = $7 comma 2007,200 Investment (I) = $1 comma 0001,000 Government Purchases (G) = $1 comma 6001,600 Tax Collections (T) = $1 comma 2001,200 What is the value of private savings plus public savings? $nothing (Enter your answer as an integer. Include a minus sign if necessary.) What is the value of the current account balance CA? $nothing (Enter your answer as an integer. Include a minus sign if necessary.)
Answer:
The value of private savings plus public savings is $3,200
The value of the current account balance CA is $2,200
Explanation:
In order to calculate the value of private savings plus public savings we would have to make the following calculation:
Total saving = private saving+public saving
Total saving =GNP-Tax Collections-Consumption+Tax Collections-Government Purchases
Total saving =$12,000-$1,200-$7,200+$1,200-$1,600
Total saving =$3,200
To calculate the value of the current account balance CA we would have to make the following calculation:
value of the current account balance CA=GNP-Consumption-Investment-Government Purchases
value of the current account balance CA= $12,000 - $7,200 -$1,000-$1,600
value of the current account balance CA= $2,200
On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $65,800 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for four years and perform 200 concerts. It estimates that after four years it can sell the equipment for $2,000. During the first year, the band performs 45 concerts. Compute the first-year depreciation using the units-of-production method. g
Answer:
Annual depreciation= $14,355
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Original cost= $65,800
Number of units= 200
Salvage value= $2,000
During the first year, the band performs 45 concerts.
To calculate the annual depreciation under the units-of- production method, we need to use the following formula:
Annual depreciation= [(original cost - salvage value)/useful life of production in units]*units operated
Annual depreciation= [(65,800 - 2,000)/200]*45
Annual depreciation= $14,355
Classical economists contend that official measures of unemployment: Multiple Choice understate the problem due to the existence of discouraged workers. overstate the problem because most unemployment is voluntary. understate the problem due to involuntary part-time employment. overstate the problem because most unemployment is cyclical.
Answer: overstate the problem because most unemployment is voluntary.
Explanation:
Unemployment is a term that is used to refer to individuals who are looking for job but can not find a job.
Classical economists contend that official measures of unemployment
overstate the problem because most unemployment is voluntary.
According to the Classical economists, there is increase in employment because those seeking employment do not want to work for lower wages but will rather wait for high paying jobs and this therefore leads to overstating of the unemployment rate.
The average American’s real income today is about four times what it was in _________.
Average lifetime lengths have increased by ______,
the number of hours worked per week has decreased by _________ ,
and homes have _________ doubled in size.
almost
1940
21%
8%
12%
1935
1960
more than
17%
Answer:
The average American’s real income today is about four times what it was in 1960. Average lifetime lengths have increased by 12%, the number of hours worked per week has decreased by 17% , and homes have more than doubled in size.
Explanation;
Economic data shows that Americans make on average, about 4 times what they were making in real income in 1960 due to exponential economic growth.
At the same time, Americans are also living a longer life by 12% on average than in 1960 when the life expectancy was around 70 years. Today it is around 78 years.
Americans are also working fewer hours than their 1960 counterparts because where in 1960 they worked for an average of 50 hours a week, recently that number hovers around 40 hours a week.
Houses built are also larger than they were in the '60s as income has increased and preferences have changed.