Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Currency exchange


A currency exchange service also is able to provide a number of other services that are related to foreign money, document provision, and currency trading. Here are some examples of what a currency exchange normally provides in the way of services to the customer.

In a world that operates with a number of different currencies around the world, there is a need for services that allow for the orderly conversion of one type of currency to another. This is where the concept of a currency exchange comes into being. Essentially, a currency exchange is a service that is able to accept currencies of different countries and provide currency for a particular country in exchange.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Profit


Profit generally is the making of gain in business activity for the benefit of the owners of the business. The word comes from Latin meaning "to make progress," and is defined in two different ways, one for economics and one for accounting.

* Accounting profit is the difference between price and the costs of bringing to market whatever it is that is accounted as an enterprise (whether by harvest, extraction, manufacture, or purchase) in terms of the component costs of delivered goods and/or services and any operating or other expenses.

* Pure economic profit is the increase in wealth that an investor has from making an investment, taking into consideration all costs associated with that investment including the opportunity cost of capital.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Expenditure

Actual payment of cash or cash-equivalent for goods or services, or a charge against available funds in settlement of an obligation—as evidenced by an invoice, receipt, voucher, or other such document. A revenue expenditure is cash used in payment for goods and services consumed in a short period. A capital expenditure is cash used in purchase of fixed assets that last one year or more.

expenditure is classified by economists into three main types.Government purchases of goods and services for current use are classed as government consumption. Government purchases of goods and services intended to create future benefits, such as infrastructure investment or research spending, are classed as government investment. Government expenditures that are not purchases of goods and services, and instead just represent transfers of money, such as social security payments, are called transfer payments. Government spending can be financed by seigniorage, taxes, or government borrowing.

The first two types of government spending, namely government consumption and government investment, together constitute one of the major components of gross domestic product.