Consider the Balance-Of-Payments Accounting Information for Lalaland in 2015 as Shown

question 128

Multiple Choice

Consider the balance-of-payments accounting information for Lalaland in 2015 as shown in the table below.All values are in billions of dollars and any variables not provided below have a value of zero.
TABLE 34-1
-Refer to Table 34-1.What is the net change in the stock of Lalaland's investments abroad in 2015?

• A)a decrease of $180 billion
• B)a decrease of $90 billion
• C)an increase of $90 billion
• D)an increase of $180 billion
• E)insufficient information to determine

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