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Definition
Comparative study of a balance sheet or income statement for two or more accounting periods, to compute both total and relative variances for each line item. See also vertical analysis.
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horizontal analysis is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance and Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subjects.
horizontal analysis appears in the definition of the following term: comparative financial statement
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