Suppose we are in Balance of Payment equilibrium with a trade deficit of 300. What happens to the trade deficit if the public sector sells 100 in securities to the foreign sector to finance the budget deficit?

China's (Mainland) Balance of Payments. Use the following balance of payments data for China (Mainland) from the IMF Does China's BOP balance in years 2007, 2010, and 2015? China's BOP in year 2007 was (in millions) $_________ (Round to the nearest integer and enter any deficit with a negative sign.) Does China's BOP balance in year 2007? (Select from the drop-down menu.) China's BOP in year 2010 was (in millions) $___________ (Round to the nearest integer and enter any deficit with a negative sign.) Does China's BOP balance in year 2010? (Select from the drop-down menu.) China's BOP in year 2015 was (in millions) $__________ (Round to the nearest integer and enter any deficit with a negative sign.) Does China's BOP balance in year 2015? (Select from the drop-down menu)

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 the country of Lilliput exported $293 billion worth of goods and imported $473 billion worth of goods in the last calendar year. a. Calculate Lilliput's balance of trade. $ b. Which type of trade balance is Lilliput running? a trade surplus a trade deficit neither a trade deficit nor a trade surplus billion