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.Management Sciences
Category: The Balance of Payments
A country that is a net international debtor initially experiences a (an) ?
A. larger savings pool available to finance domestic spending
B. higher interest rate which leads to lower domestic investment
C. loss of funds to trading partners overseas
D. decrease in its services exports to other countries
A capital account surplus might be expected to cause a current account deficit because the associated ?
A. capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
B. capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
C. capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
D. capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
Historically countries at early stages of rapid economic development have tender to experience ?
A. trade deficit and an excess of investment over domestic saving
B. trade surplus and an excess of investment over domestic saving
C. trade deficits and an excess of domestic savings over investment
D. trade surpluses and an excess of domestic saving over investment
The balance of payments is divided into two major accounts the ?
A. current account the capital account
B. current account the trade account
C. trade account the capital account
D. current account the reserve account
A nation wishing to reduce its current account deficit would be advised to ?
A. engage in more government spending
B. reduce government taxes
C. increases private investment spending
D. decrease domestic consumption
A current account surplus implies that ?
A. the country is a net lender to the rest of the world
B. the country is running a net capital account surplus
C. foreign investment in domestic securities is at very low levels
D. All of the above
A country’s transactions with the rest of the world are recorded in the ?
A. balance of international indebtedness
B. balance of financial transactions
C. balance of payments
D. income statements
Direct investment and security purchases are classified as ?
A. capital account transactions
B. current account transactions
C. unilateral transfer transactions
D. merchandise trade transactions
The difference between the balance on current account and the balance on capital account is the ?
A. statistical discrepancy
B. balance of payments
C. balance of trade
D. trade deficit
For the first time since World War I, in the mid-1980s the United States became a net international ?
A. exporter
B. importer
C. debtor
D. creditor
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