Consider the following international transactions, which together make up all the transaction of the United States with the rest of the world and compile the Balance of Payments Accounts. For each transaction below, enter its value and sign, and whether it belongs to the current or financial accounts. Compute the Current Account Balance, the Financial Account Balance, and indicate whether there is a Balance of Payment surplus or a Balance of Payments deficit (i.e. compute the Balance of Official Settlements).

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a. A French wine consultant is hired to advise wineries in Missouri on wine tasting. The Missouri wineries pay the consultant $300, which the (French) consultant keeps in a bank account in St. Louis.

b. The United States Treasury pays interest on T-bills held by Black Rock, a British Bank, for $200. The bank holds the US dollars in a London account.

c. The European Central Bank purchases $100 from a New York bank, paying with euros that the New York bank holds in a bank in Frankfurt.

d. A Chinese holding company buys IMB, and American company, by acquiring its shares in the American stock market. The Chinese firm pays $400 to acquire IMB, and it pays with US dollars it had in its accounts.

e. The import of kimonos from Japan to the United States for $100. The American importer pays for the kimonos in Japanese yen, which the importer held in an account in Tokyo.