Madison Company issued an interest-bearing note payable with a face amount of $30,000 and a stated interest rate of 8% to the Metropolitan Bank on August 1, Year 1. The note carried a one-year term. The amount of cash flow from operating activities on the Year 1 statement of cash flows would be:

Which of the following situations is most likely to change a buyer's market into a seller's market? a. a natural disaster that drives away a lot of the population. b. the price of building materials suddenly going up. c. the government buys up a lot of houses to build a new freeway. d. a factory laying off a lot of workers in the area.