Hanover, Inc ​
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Essay

Hanover, Inc. Use the selected data from the comparative financial statements for Hanover, Inc. to answer the questions that follo
Hanover, Inc.
Balance Sheet Accounts
(all accounts have normal balances)
(in millions)
$\begin{array}{lrr}&\text {Dec. 30,2017 }&\text { Dec. 31,2016}\\\text { Inventories } & \$ 1,780 & \$ 1,649 \\\text { Total current assets } & \$ 9,428 & \$ 8,625\\\text { Liabilities in order of significance: } & & \\\text { Long-term debt } & \$ 14,465 & \$ 15,001 \\\text { Other noncurrent liabilities } & 4,421 & 3,148 \\\text { Deferred income taxes } & 3,504 & 3,543 \\\text { Accounts payable } & 2,556 & 2,468 \\\text { Other current liabilities } & 2,066 & 1,738 \\\text { Accrued salaries and wages } & 1,538 & 1,082 \\\text { Short-term borrowings } & 1,200 & 1,126 \\\text { Accrued advertising expense } & 793 & 928 \\\text { Income taxes payable } & 658 & 1,142\end{array}$ ​
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Required:
(1) Calculate percentage changes in accounts payable and income taxes payable.Give a possible explanation for the changes in these accounts.
(2) By how much did Hanover's long-term and short-term borrowings change from 2016 to 2017? Give a possible explanation for the change in debt.What other financial statement would be useful in analyzing the change in borrowings? Why?