Sentence examples for current asset from inspiring English sources
noun
An asset on the balance sheet which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future, usually within one year, or one business cycle - whichever is longer, such as cash, accounts receivable, and inventory.
This bears heavily on both the recovery and current asset underpinning for the quoted housebuilders.
When interest rates are at zero, the future returns expected from competing assets must also come down in other words, current asset prices must rise.
Announcing the decision on QE, made at its October policy meeting, the Fed said: "The committee judges that there has been a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labour market since the inception of its current asset purchase programme.
The yield on US treasuries rose to its highest level in 12 months on growing concerns that the Fed could well be getting nearer to the point of a possible paring back in its current asset purchase program.
Moreover, if you assume that current asset valuations represent rational expectations, simple arithmetic tells us that it is next to impossible for past rates of return to continue through a forthcoming growth slowdown.
The illusion is this: A government bond represents both a current asset and a future liability, yet for most people, those future tax payments feel less concrete and less real than the dollars they're holding in a money market account.
Assets are ordinarily subdivided into current assets and noncurrent assets.
The difference between total current assets and total current liabilities is known as net current assets, or working capital.
"We saw that the line for other current assets rose $132 million, to $885 million," he said.
Garden.com, which is publicly traded, declined to be specific about its current assets and liabilities.
Mr. Suria based his view on a traditional analysis of Amazon's working capital, its current assets minus current liabilities.
