Given that a bond's carrying value is $185,000 and the fair value is $183,000, what is the journal entry to record the unrealized holding gain? Would it be a debit or credit to unrealized holding gain? Likewise, if this was a loss, would it be debit or credit to unrealized holding loss? Thanks!

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Given that a bond's carrying value is $185,000 and the fair value is $183,000, what is the journal entry to record the unrealized holding gain? Would it be a debit or credit to unrealized holding gain? Likewise, if this was a loss, would it be debit or credit to unrealized holding loss? Thanks!

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Bonds are priced by discounting future cash flows. Future cash flows include coupons and par value of bonds. These are the contractual agreement.

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