ACCTG 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reserve Requirement, Quick Ratio, Current Liability

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Liquidity refers to a company"s ability to meet its currently maturing debts. Tests of liquidity focus on the relationship between current assets and current liabilities and measure a company"s ability to meet its currently maturing obligations. Cash is the lifeblood of a business. Very sensitive ratio to small events like collecting receivable. Shouldn"t be too high because money should be invested and not too low. Current and quick ratio are much less sensitive to the timing of cash collections. Measures the relationship between current assets and current liabilities at a specific date. The current ratio measures the cushion of working capital that companies maintain to allow for the inevitable unevenness in the flow of funds through working capital accounts. Sophisticated systems in manufacturing companies have been developed to minimize the amount of inventory held. These systems are called just-in-time inventory, designed so that an inventory item arrives when needed. A ratio of 2 is financially conservative.

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