The Balance of Payments & The National Economy Mcqs - Set 1

1)   Which of the following statements is correct ?

a. If the current accounts is in surplus then the capital account must also be in surplus
b. If the current account is in deficit then the capital account must also be in deficit
c. The overall sum of all the entries in the balance of payments must be positive
d. The overall sum of all entries in the balance of payments must be zero
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The overall sum of all entries in the balance of payments must be zero

Explanation:
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2)   The differences between a country’s merchandise exports and its merchandise imports is the ?

a. balance of payments
b. capital account
c. current account
d. balance of trade
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: balance of trade

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3)   _______ is needed to balancell the balance of payments statements?

a. credit transactions
b. debit transactions
c. unilateral transfers
d. statistical discrepancy
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: statistical discrepancy

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4)   The balance of trade is a record of ?

a. exports and imports of financial assets
b. the current account plus capital account
c. the net export of goods and services
d. the value of merchandise exports minus imports
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the value of merchandise exports minus imports

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5)   Historically countries at early stages of rapid economic development have tender to experience ?

a. trade deficit and an excess of investment over domestic saving
b. trade surplus and an excess of investment over domestic saving
c. trade deficits and an excess of domestic savings over investment
d. trade surpluses and an excess of domestic saving over investment
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: trade deficit and an excess of investment over domestic saving

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6)   When a country has a trade deficit it ?

a. purchases more stocks and bonds from the rest of the world than it sells
b. purchases more goods from the rest of the world than it sells
c. sells more goods to the rest of the world than it purchases
d. sells more stocks and bonds to the rest of the world than it purchases
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: purchases more goods from the rest of the world than it sells

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7)   A current account surplus implies that ?

a. the country is a net lender to the rest of the world
b. the country is running a net capital account surplus
c. foreign investment in domestic securities is at very low levels
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the country is a net lender to the rest of the world

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8)   A nation will a current account deficit will be ?

a. lending more money to other nations
b. experiencing a surplus in exports of goods an services
c. reducing its indebtedness to other nations
d. going further into debt with other nations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: going further into debt with other nations

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9)   The difference between a country’s balance of payments and its balance of international indebtedness?

a. is equal to official reserve transactions
b. occurs because of foreign exchange fluctuations
c. reflects statistical discrepancies
d. reflects the difference between flow and stock concepts
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: reflects the difference between flow and stock concepts

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10)   In the balance of payments travels and tourism are included in the category of ?

a. unilateral transfers
b. capital account
c. merchandise account
d. services account
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: services account

Explanation:
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