MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY
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Chapter 18, Problem 12SQ
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Account that includes the tourism expenditures and foreign gifts and investment income.
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Expenditures for services such as tourism,income for foreign investment, and foreign giftsare tabulated in thea. current account.b. capital account.c. official reserve account.d. goods account.
If there is a decrease in the desire of Americans to purchase goods and services from other countries and put money in foreign banks and businesses then how would this affect the U.S. foreign exchange market?
A. The equilibrium quantity of foreign currency would increase and the US dollar would appreciate.
B. The equilibrium quantity of foreign currency would decrease and the US dollar would appreciate.
C. The equilibrium quantity of foreign currency would increase and the US dollar would depreciate.
when a domestic investor buys a foreign asset, the financial account would rise, stay the same or fall?
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Ch. 18.4 - Prob. 1GECh. 18.6 - Prob. 1GECh. 18 - Prob. 1SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 2SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 3SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 4SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 5SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 6SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 7SQPCh. 18 - Prob. 8SQP
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