Hobbes is famous for his early and elaborate development of what has come to be known as âsocial contract theoryâ, the method of justifying political principles or arrangements by appeal to the agreement that would be made among suitably situated rational, free, and equal persons.
TODAY the European Central Bank (ECB) launches its long-awaited programme of quantitative easing (or QE), adding lots of public debt to the private kind it has already been buying. Its monthly purchases will rise from around â¬13 billion ($14 billion) to â¬60 billion until at least September 2016.
For example, assume a company has an investment in Company A bonds with a carrying amount of $37,500. If the market value of the bonds falls to $33,000, an impairment loss of $4,500 is indicated. Therefore an Impairment cost is calculated: This is recorded as a loss of $4,500 in the income statement.ixed assets, commonly known as PPE, refers to long-lived assets such as buildings, land, machinery, and equipment; these assets are the most likely to experience impairment, which may be caused by several factors. Under IFRS, the Impairment cost is calculated using two methods: