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1 Macedonia's Balance of Payments Macedonia. Use the following Macedonia balance of payments data to answer questions 1 through 4. Note that the data presented in the text is insufficient to answer the question asked. Goods: exports 1, , , , , , , ,039.6 Goods: imports 1, , , , , , , ,097.1 Balance on goods , ,057.5 Services: credit Services: debit Balance on services Income: credit Income: debit Balance on income Current transfers: credit ,109.5 Current transfers: debit Balance on current transfers ,064.8 A. Current account balance B. Capital account balance C. Financial account balance D. Net errors and omissions E. Reserves and related items What is Macedonia's balance on goods? , , What is Macedonia's balance on services? What is Macedonia's balance on goods and services? , ,091.2 (balance on goods + balance on services 4.4 What is Macedonia's current account balance? (the sum of the four balances listed above goods, services, income, and current transfers Additional Questions A. Is Macedonia experiencing a net capital inflow or outflow? "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" B. What is Macedonia's Total for Groups A and B? C. What is Macedonia's Total for Groups A through C? D. What is Macedonia's Total for Groups A through D?

2 Australia's Current Account Australia s Current Account. Use the following data from the International Monetary Fund to answer questions 5 through 8. Goods: exports 55,884 56,096 64,052 63,676 65,099 70,577 87, ,969 Goods: imports 61,215 65,857 68,865 61,890 70,530 85, , ,372 Balance on goods -5,331-9,761-4,813 1,786-5,431-15,369-18,031-13,403 Services: credit 16,181 17,399 18,677 16,689 17,906 21,205 26,362 28,442 Services: debit 17,272 18,330 18,388 16,948 18,107 21,638 27,040 29,360 Balance on services -1, Income: credit 6,532 7,394 8,984 8,063 8,194 9,457 13,969 16,969 Income: debit 17,842 18,968 19,516 18,332 19,884 24,245 35,057 43,746 Balance on income -11,310-11,574-10,532-10,269-11,690-14,788-21,088-26,777 Current transfers: credit 2,651 3,003 2,622 2,242 2,310 2,767 3,145 3,262 Current transfers: debit 2,933 3,032 2,669 2,221 2,373 2,851 3,414 3,625 Balance on current transfers What is Australia's balance on goods? -5,331-9,761-4,813 1,786-5,431-15,369-18,031-13, What is Australia's balance on services? -1, What is Australia's balance on goods and services? -6,422-10,692-4,524 1,527-5,632-15,802-18,709-14,321 (balance on goods + balance on services) 4.8 What is Australia's current account balance? -18,014-22,295-15,103-8,721-17,385-30,674-40,066-41,461 (the sum of the four balances listed above, goods, services, income, and current transfers)

3 People's Republic of China (Mainland) Balance of Payments China s (Mainland) Balance of Payments. Use the following Chinese balance of payments data from the IMF to answer questions 9 through 12. Note that the data presented in the text is insufficient to fully answer the questions asked. Goods: exports 183, , , , , , , ,484 Goods: imports 136, , , , , , , ,295 Balance on goods 46,614 35,982 34,474 34,017 44,167 44,652 58, ,189 Services: credit 23,895 26,248 30,430 33,334 39,745 46,734 62,434 74,404 Services: debit 26,672 31,589 36,031 39,267 46,528 55,306 72,133 83,795 Balance on services -2,777-5,341-5,601-5,933-6,783-8,572-9,699-9,391 Income: credit 5,584 8,330 12,550 9,388 8,344 16,095 20,544 38,959 Income: debit 22,228 22,800 27,216 28,563 23,289 23,933 24,067 28,324 Balance on income -16,644-14,470-14,666-19,175-14,945-7,838-3,523 10,635 Current transfers: credit 4,661 5,368 6,861 9,125 13,795 18,482 24,326 27,735 Current transfers: debit ,428 2,349 Balance on current transfers 4,279 4,944 6,311 8,492 12,984 17,634 22,898 25,386 A. Current account balance 31,472 21,115 20,518 17,401 35,423 45,876 68, ,819 B. Capital account balance ,102 C. Financial account balance -6,275 5,204 1,958 34,832 32,341 52, ,729 58,862 D. Net errors and omissions -18,902-17,641-11,748-4,732 7,504 17,985 26,834-16,441 E. Reserves and related items -6,248-8,652-10,693-47,447-75, , , , What is China's balance on goods? 46, , , , , , , , What is China's balance on services? -2, , , , , , , , What is China's balance on goods and services? 43, , , , , , , ,798.0 (balance on goods + balance on services) 4.12 What is China's current account balance? 31, , , , , , , ,819.0 (the sum of the four balances listed above, goods, services, income, and current transfers) Additional Questions A. Is China experiencing a net capital inflow or outflow? -6,322 5,178 1,923 34,778 32,291 52, ,660 62,964 "outflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" "inflow" B. What is China's Total for Groups A and B? 31,425 21,089 20,483 17,347 35,373 45,828 68, ,921 C. What is China's Total for Groups A through C? 25,150 26,293 22,441 52,179 67,714 98, , ,783 D. What is China's Total for Groups A through D? 6,248 8,652 10,693 47,447 75, , , ,342

4 Uruguay's Current Account Use the following Uruguay balance of payments data from the IMF (all items are for the current account) to answer questions 13 through 17. Goods: exports 2, , , , , , , ,758.0 Goods: imports 3, , , , , , , ,729.9 Balance on goods Services: credit 1, , , , , ,329.4 Services: debit Balance on services Income: credit Income: debit ,152.3 Balance on income Current transfers: credit Current transfers: debit Balance on current transfers What is Uruguay's balance on goods? What is Uruguay's balance on services? What is Uruguay's balance on goods and services? What is the balance on goods, services and income? What is Uruguay's current account balance?

5 Euro Area Balance of Payments Euro Area Balance of Payments. Use the following Euro Area balance of payments data from the IMF to answer questions 18 through 21. Note that the data presented in the text is insufficient to fully answer the questions posed. Assumptions (billions of US dollars) Goods: exports , , ,521.5 Goods: imports , , ,464.4 Balance on goods Services: credit Services: debit Balance on services Income: credit Income: debit Balance on income Current transfers: credit Current transfers: debit Balance on current transfers A. Current account balance B. Capital account balance C. Financial account balance D. Net errors and omissions E. Reserves and related items What is the Euro Area's balance on goods? What is the Euro Area's balance on services? What is the Euro Area's balance on goods and services? (balance on goods + balance on services) 4.21 What is the Euro Area's current account balance? (the sum of the four balances listed above, goods, services, income, and current transfers) Additional Questions A. Is the Euro Area experiencing a net capital inflow? "outflow" "inflow" "inflow" "outflow" "outflow" "outflow" "outflow" "intflow" B. What is the Euro Area's Total for Groups A and B? C. What is the Euro Area's Total for Groups A through C? D. What is the Euro Area's Total for Groups A through D?

6 Argentina's Balance of Payments Argentina s Balance of Payments. Argentina used a currency board to maintain its peso on a par with the U.S. dollar. However, in January 2002 the peso collapsed. Argentina s BOP could have signaled this event. Listed below is Argentina s BOP for the period Use this data to answer questions 22 through 28. A. Current Account Goods: exports 26,434 23,309 26,341 26,543 25,651 29,939 34,576 40,106 Goods: imports 29,531 24,103 23,889 19,158 8,473 13,134 21,311 27,302 Balance on goods -3, ,452 7,385 17,178 16,805 13,265 12,804 Services: credit 4,854 4,719 4,936 4,627 3,442 4,409 5,103 6,098 Services: debit 9,298 8,830 9,219 8,490 4,973 5,715 6,619 7,601 Balance on services -4,444-4,111-4,283-3,863-1,531-1,306-1,516-1,503 Income: credit 6,134 6,075 7,420 5,358 3,022 3,086 3,467 4,099 Income: debit 13,538 13,565 14,968 13,085 10,059 11,057 12,392 10,308 Balance on income -7,404-7,490-7,548-7,727-7,037-7,971-8,925-6,209 Current transfers: credit ,113 1,235 Current transfers: debit Balance on current transfers Current Account Balance (Group A) -14,481-11,942-8,980-3,780 9,161 8,051 3,426 5,705 B. Capital Account (Group B) C. Financial Account Direct investment abroad 2,325 1, ,151 Direct investment in Argentina 7,291 23,988 10,418 2,166 2,149 1,652 4,274 4,730 Direct investment in Argentina, net 4,966 22,258 9,517 2,005 2,776 2,426 4,716 5,881 Portfolio investment assets, net -1,906-2,005-1, ,368 Portfolio investment liabilities, net 10,693-4,780-1,331-9,715-5,117-7,663-9,339-1,922 Balance on other investment assets and liabilities, net 5,356 1,838 2,287-5,566-9,925-4,581-2,636-3,501 D. Net Errors and Omissions ,810-1,832-1, E. Reserves and Related Items -4,090-2,013 1,176 21,405 13,402 9,077 6,993-7,594 Questions 4.22 What is Argentina's balance on goods and services? -7,541-4,905-1,831 3,522 15,647 15,499 11,749 11, What is Argentina's current account balance? -14,481-11,942-8,980-3,780 9,161 8,051 3,426 5, What seems to have been the primary driver in Argentina's current account balance? income debit income debit income debit income debit income credit income credit income credit income credit 4.25 What is Argentina's financial account balance? 19,109 17,311 9,221-13,064-11,789-9,913-7,336 1, What is Argentina's Total for Groups A through C? 4,701 5, ,687-2,222-1,792-3,867 7, What is Argentina's Total for Groups A through D? 4,264 4, ,497-4,054-3,129-3,757 7, Unless the financial account could grow a very large surplus, a crisis will ensue.

7 Problem 4.29 Trade Deficits and J-Curve Adjustment Paths Assume the United States has the following import/export volumes and prices. It undertakes a major "devaluation" of the dollar, say 18% on average against all major trading partner' currencies. What is the pre-devaluation and post-devaluation trade balance? Assumptions Values Initial spot exchange rate, $/fc 2.00 Price of exports, dollars ($) Price of imports, foreign currency (fc) Quantity of exports, units 100 Quantity of imports, units 120 Percentage devaluation of the dollar 18.00% Price elasticity of demand, imports (0.900) a. What is the pre-devaluation trade balance? Revenues from exports, $ $2,000 Expenditures on imports, fc 1,440 Expenditures on imports, $ $2,880 Pre-devaluation trade balance ($880) b. Resulting trade balance immediately after devaluation? Revenues from exports, $ $2,000 Expenditures on imports, fc 1,440 New spot exchange rate, after devaluation 2.36 Expenditures on imports, $ $3,398 Post-devaluation trade balance (currency contract period) ($1,398)

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