ECON 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mercantilism, 1, Akaa

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The current account records payments and receipts arising from international trade in goods and services. Trade account: exports (x) imports (im). This is the major part of current account. In 2011, x = b and im = b for deficits = b. Capital-service account: income from foreign investments minus payment to foreign investors. The payments to foreigners is debit item and receipts of incomes from foreign-located invested is credit item in canada"s balance of payment account. The capital account is records payments and receipts arising from trade in long term and short-term assets (bonds, real estate, factories) Foreign direct investment: purchase or sales of assets that changes the legal control of those assets. Portfolio investment: transaction in assets that does not change legal title. Official financing account: includes purchases of foreign currencies by the government or central bank. Debit item purchase of (foreign currency) assets by canada. Credit item sale of (foreign currency) assets by canada.

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Balance of payments: Using the following data for a given year, calculate

Item	Value
The rise in the country's private financial assets abroad	623
Imports of merchandise	782
Investment income, net	-27
Transfers, net	-15
Export of services	504
Rise in foreign private financial assets in the country	580
Exports of merchandise	903
Rise in foreign governments financial assets in the country	224
Imports of services	735
Rise in-country government s financial assets abroad	29

(a) The current account balance.

(b) The financial account balance.

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Q46. An appreciation of the U. S. dollar would
a. encourage foreigners to invest in the United States
b. discourage foreigners from buying U. S. goods
c. discourage the travel abroad of U. S. citizens
d. encourage foreign travel in the United States

Q47. The financial account of the balance of payments includes the purchase and sale of physical assets but not of financial assets.
a. true
b. false

Q48. Special Drawing Rights are issued by the
a. International Monetary Fund
b. Bretton Woods Organization
c. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
d. World Bank

Q49. The balance of payments includes
a. only exports, imports, and service transactions
b. the balance on current account, plus all capital transactions and all official transactions and the statistical discrepancy
c. only the official transactions
d. all goods and services produced in a nation's economy during a given year

Q50. A debit item on the U. S. balance of payments is any transaction that
a. results in a loss by U. S. sellers
b. results in a loss by U. S. buyers
c. makes foreigners use up their holdings of U. S. dollars
d. makes U. S. dollars available to foreigners

1. Which of the following trading partners of the United States became its number one "trade problem" at the beginning of the 21^st century?

United Kingdom

Japan

Germany

Canada

China

2. Which of the following presents the correct picture of the outcome of increased world trade after the 1950s, contrary to Servan-Schreiber's prediction?

Third World countries have been excluded from this economic growth leading to stark imbalances in wealth.

The European Union has become the center of world trade, taking the position away from the United States.

The United States has continuously maintained the positive balance of trade it attained during the 1950s.

Economic power and potential has become more evenly distributed among the countries of the world.

SDRs and gold have lost their utility as the basic medium of financial exchange and most monetary statistics have started relating to the U.S. dollar.

3. The _____ of the balance-of-payments statement is most likely to record all merchandise exports, imports, and services plus unilateral transfers of funds.

current account

capital account

credit account

receivables account

reserves account

4. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was specifically addressed in the _____ section of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness act.

market access

export expansion

import relief

foreign exchange regulation

trade deficit

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