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Current Account Balance Quiz

A current account _____ indicates that the United States is _____ its claims on foreign wealth

A current account _____ indicates that the United States is _____ its claims on foreign wealth.

Holding other factors constant, which of the following would increase the size of the U.S. current account deficit?

Holding other factors constant, which of the following would increase the size of the U.S. current account surplus?

Economists closely follow the current account balance because they believe it can provide information on the future movement of

The capital account describes the flow of capital between the United States and other countries. Capital inflows are

Which of the following appears in the capital account part of the balance of payments?

Given the size of the statistical discrepancy needed to balance the balance of payments account, one can infer that

Many believe that the statistical discrepancy is primarily the result of

The current account balance plus the capital account balance equals