-The Above Table Shows Some of the Balance of Payments

question 259

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Item } & \text { Billions of dollars } \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Exports of goods and } \\\text { services }\end{array} & 635 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Imports of goods and } \\\text { services }\end{array} & 555 \\\hline \text { Net interest income } & -18 \\\hline \text { Net transfers } & 22 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Urland's investment } \\\text { abroad }\end{array} & 467 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { For eign investment in } \\\text { Urland }\end{array} & 321 \\\hline\end{array}$
-The above table shows some of the balance of payments accounts for Urland. What is Urland?s balance on the current account?

• A) $62 billion
• B) $84 billion
• C) $47 billion
• D) $80 billion

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