first part: in the table ^,

merchandise trade balane =+158 or +12 or -12 or -158

U.S. service imports = -65 or +55 or -55 or +65

Current account balance = -25 or +25 or -9 or +9

Statistical discrepancy = -91 or +91 or -1 or +1

second part:

Suppose an American citizen gives money to her nephew in Belgium. This would be entered as a 1 item under the 2 section of the U.S. current account.

According to the table, the United States is running a trade 3 .

The current account balance suggests that U.S. current account transactions created outpayments of foreign currencies from the United States that were 4 the inpayments of foreign currencies to the United States.

Any surplus or deficit in one account must be offset by deficits or surpluses in other balance-of-payments accounts. Because the current account is in 5 , the excess of foreign currency held by Americans must either be loaned to foreigners or used to buy foreign stocks or bonds. All of these transactions are then recorded in the 6 account. Since any imbalance in one account automatically leads to an equal but opposite imbalance in the other, the balance-of-payments is always 7 .

help me choose the right answers that are in Any surplus or deficit in one account must be offset by deficits or surpluses in other balance-of-payments accounts. Because the current account is in 8 , the excess of foreign currency held by Americans must either be loaned to foreigners or used to buy foreign stocks or bonds. All of these transactions are then recorded in the 9 account. Since any imbalance in one account automatically leads to an equal but opposite imbalance in the other, the balance-of-payments is always 10 .

1. credit or debit
2. net unilateral transfers/ US merchandise exports / U.S. merchandise imports
3. deficit / surplus
4. greater than/ equal to/ less than
5. deficit / surplus
6. current / capital and financial
7. Positive / negative /zero
8. deficit/ surplus
9. current / capital and financial
10. positive/ negative/ zero

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3. Current, financial, and capital accounts Consider the following table showing hypothetical balance-of-payments data for the United States. Complete the table by selecting the correct value for each missing entry