EBK ECONOMICS FOR TODAY
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Author: Tucker
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Chapter 28, Problem 13SQ
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The capital account.
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The record of a country's transactions in goods, services, and assets with the rest of the world is its
A) balance of trade account. B) current account.
C) capital account. D) balance of payments account
Examine the summary of the balance of payments of the United States for 2021. Compute and discuss the balance on the current account and its subaccounts. A Summary of the U.5. Balance of Payments for 2021 (in $ billion) Credits Debits Current Account [1] Exports $ 2,596.0 [1.1] Goods 1, 683.0 [1.2] Services 913.0 [2] Imports-53,374.7 [2.1] Goods-2, 663.6 [2.2] Services -711.1 [3] Primary Income 1,214.9-953.0 [4] Secondary income 219.2-376.9 Balance on current account [[1]+[2]+[3]+[4]-674.5 Capital Account 1.3-15.5 Balance on capital account -14.2 Financial Account (excluding official reserves) [5] Direct investment 392.2-182.2 [6] Portfolio investiment 308.9 13.5 [6.1] Equily securities -304.1 223 4 [6.2] Deht securities 481.3-209.9 [6.3] Derivatives, net 131.7 [7] Other Investment 456.4-263.6 Balance on financial account [[5]+[6]+[7]] 725.2 [8] Statistical discrepancies -3.0 Overall balance 33:5 Official Reserve Account -33.5 Source: The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Required: a1.…
What is the relationship between the current account and the capital account in the balance of payments?
Select one:
a.
The current account shows all income and expenditure and the capital account shows investment and how it is funded.
b.
The capital account shows how a current account deficit is funded or a surplus is disbursed.
c.
There is no relationship between them as they measure different things.
d.
The current account balance is the difference between exports and imports and the capital account balance shows net foreign income.
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