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- September 10, 2015 at 7:16 pm #271126
Hello,
So there’s a question (omnikit June/97) with initial outlay in year 0 and 1. Land is about say 5000 in year 0, and Working Kapital is about say 1600 in year 1 and plant is about 2000 in yr 1.
The question called these costs projected ffigures.
The question as a whole assumed all costs and prices to increase with inflation given in the question. They rather inflated sales and costs.
I would have ordinarily assumed that all costs from year 1(including initial oultay) are affected by inflation but the question didn’t inflate any of the year 1 initial outlay.
Is it a rule that all initial outlays aren’t affected by inflation or its just bcos the question said “projected costs”?
Thanks.
September 11, 2015 at 8:28 am #271195It is because it says projected costs.
(In practice, if you are quoted a price for construction etc. then it will usually be a fixed quote.)September 11, 2015 at 9:52 am #271225It it says projected cost. What does this mean? and If it does not say projected cost, what does it mean?
September 11, 2015 at 11:02 am #271239Projected cost is the forecast cost.
You would always ignore inflation of the amount of the investment unless the question specifically said that it would inflate.September 11, 2015 at 10:49 pm #271414Thanks, Sir.
September 12, 2015 at 1:59 pm #271487You are welcome 🙂
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