In a small open economy, if exports equal $5 billion and imports equal $7 billion, then there is a trade and net capital outflow. deficit; positive deficit; negative surplus; positive surplus; negative

Catherin Mann (2006), “The Current Account and the Budget Deficit: A Disaggregated Perspective,” in Kopcke, Tootell, and Triest (eds.), The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy, MIT Press In the article, Mann notes that the foreign financing of the US current account deficit has increasingly taken the form of foreigners purchasing US Treasury bonds. She is concerned that the increase of foreign holdings of US Treasury bonds may worsen the US current account deficit in the future. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with her reasons behind the concern? a. As global interest rates starts to climb, the overall payments on interest-bearing liabilities (including US Treasury bonds) will rise. b. The interest paid on US government debt (ie, US Treasury bonds) will be increasingly paid to foreign holders, setting up a negative feedback loop between fiscal deficit and current account deficit. c. The greater the US current account deficit, the larger the risk of eventual, sharp…

Suppose that the government deficit is 20, interest on the government debt is 15, taxes are 55, government expenditures are 50, consumption expenditures are 65, ne factor payments are 25, the current account surplus is - 10, and national saving is 40. Calculate the following (not necessarily in the order given): a. Private disposable income = b. Transfers from the government to the private sector = c. Gross national product d. Gross domestic product : e. The government surplus = f. Net exports %D g. Investment expenditures =

If national income Y = 10,000, disposable income Yd = 8,000 , consumption is C = 7,500, transfer payments TR = 100 and the budget deficit is BD = 150, what is the level of private domestic investment, I ? (please insert the round number without the Euro symbol)