EU34L1


  • 1
  • A country's balance of payments accounts records all of the following items except ____________.

    international lending
    international borrowing
    taxes and international transfer payments
    international trading


  • 2
  • The account that records the receipts from the sale of goods and services to foreigners, the payments for goods and services bought from foreigners, and gifts and other transfers received from and paid to foreigners is the ______________.

    capital account
    current account
    change in reserves assets
    international capital account


  • 3
  • The capital and financial account measures ________________________.

    capital produced outside of the United Kingdom minus capital produced inside the United Kingdom
    all the international borrowing and lending transactions
    capital used outside the United Kingdom that is financed inside the United Kingdom
    capital used inside the United Kingdom but manufactured outside the United Kingdom


  • 4
  • ________ in official UK reserves is shown as _________________ in the balance of payments accounts.

    A decrease; a negative amount
    An increase; a negative amount
    A decrease; the balancing item
    An increase; a positive amount


  • 5
  • A country that is borrowing more from the rest of the world than it is lending to it is called a _______, and a country that is lending more to the rest of the world than it is borrowing from it is called a _______.

    gross borrower; gross lender
    net borrower; net lender
    borrower; lender
    importer; exporter


  • 6
  • A country that during its entire history has borrowed more from the rest of the world than it has lent to it is a _______, and a country that during its entire history has invested more in the rest of the world than other countries have invested in it is a _______.

    debtor nation; investor nation
    debtor nation; creditor nation
    borrower nation; creditor nation
    net borrower nation; net lender nation


  • 7
  • The government budget surplus or deficit is equal to _____________________.

    saving minus investment
    taxes net of transfer payments minus government purchases of goods and services
    exports minus imports
    tariffs minus imports


  • 8
  • The private sector surplus or deficit is equal to ____________________.

    saving minus investment
    income minus consumption minus investment
    income minus consumption minus taxes
    income minus consumption


  • 9
  • A _________________ exchange rate is a system in which the value of a country's currency is pegged by the country's central bank.

    fixed
    flexible
    managed
    monetary


  • 10
  • The sum of government debt held outside the Bank of England and the monetary base is ______________________.

    the quantity of pounds sterling
    M0
    the sterling liabilities of the Bank of England
    the demand for sterling assets