The balance sheet value of a firm's inventory is $60,000. Suppose that the firm purchases supplies at a cost of $3,500 and adds them to inventory. A day later, the market value of the recently purchased supplies changes to $1,000. Assuming no other changes to inventory, and using the historical cost method, what is the final balance sheet value of inventory?
Note: Students with prior accounting experience should not apply the monthly "lower of cost or market" adjustment. This is a day-to-day fluctuation.

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.