Ex-3A

Use the following balance of payments data for China (Mainland) from the IMF to answer the following: Is China experiencing a net capital inflow or outflow? What is China's total for Groups A and B? What is China's total for Groups A through C? What is China's total for Groups A through D? Does China's BOP balance?

Explain how exchange rates may impact the performance of international equity investment.

The following table shows a hypothetical balance-of-payments statement for the United States. All figures are in billions of dollars. Complete the table by filling in the missing cells. Balance of Payments (Billions of U.S. dollars) Current Account     Goods and Services Exports 200   Goods and Services Imports -182   Trade Balance     Income (net)   -10 Current Account Balance     Capital Account     U.S. Capital Inflow 80   U.S. Capital Outflow -60   Capital Account Balance     Statistical Discrepancy       According to the table, the United States is running a trade     .   The net balance of payments equals   billion.

List the relationships that define the balance of payments, and explain where in the Hong Kong balance of payments an entry would be made for each of the following: (a) Hong Kong people donate some goods to Macau in December 2019.  (b) The Hong Kong government sells a 5-year bond to a prince in Saudi Arabia.

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The following table shows a hypothetical balance-of-payments statement for the United States. All figures are in billions of dollars. Complete the table by filling in the missing cells. Balance of Payments (Billions of U.S. dollars) Current Account Goods and Services Exports Goods and Services Imports Trade Balance Income (net) Current Account Balance Capital Account 200 -182 -10 U.S. Capital In flow U.S. Capital Outflow Capital Account Balance Statistical Discrepancy According to the table, the United States is running a trade. The balance of payments equals__________ billion. 80 -60 _(deficit,surplus).

Which of the following would most likely be included in the positive side of the U.S. current account balance?    a. U.S. foreign aid sent to as disaster relief to Haiti   b. interest payments to foreign investors invested in the U.S.   c. money earned by U.S. firms in Europe   d. money spent by U.S. tourists in Europe

Q.1.2 A deficit on the current account of a country's balance of payments can be financed by a surplus: (1) Of exports over imports; (2) Of net gold exports; (3) On the financial account; (4) On the trade balance.

The table below depicts the Balance of Payments for Country A. (a) State Country A’s trade balance(b) State Country A’s current account balance(c) State Country A’s financial account balance

Do all international financial transactions involve exchanging one currency for another? Could a nation that neither imports nor exports goods and services still engage in international financial transactions? Explain: “U.S. exports earn supplies of foreign currencies that Americans can use to finance imports.”

Answer the next question(s) on the basis of the following 2004 balance of payments data (+ and -) for the hypothetical nation of Zabella. All figures are in billions of dollars.   Current Account   1) Goods exports +$80 2) Goods imports -$70 3) Exports of services +$20 4) Imports of services -$25 5) Net investment income +$5 6) Net transfers -$5 Capital Account   7) Foreign purchases of assets in Zabella +$13 8) Zabella purchases of assets abroad -$23 Official Reserves Account   9) Official reserves +$5   Zabella has a balance of trade (goods):      deficit of $10 billion            surplus of $5 billion            surplus of $10 billion            deficit of $5 billion