-The Citizens of Exland, Whose Currency Is the Bun, Conduct

question 87

Essay

$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Item } & \text { Billions of buns } \\\hline \text { Imports of goods and services } & 600 \\\hline \text { Exports of goods and services } & 700 \\\hline \text { Foreign investment in Exland } & 350 \\\hline \text { Exland's investment abroad } & 430 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Increase in the official } \\\text { holdings } \\\text { of foreign currency }\end{array} & 20 \\\hline\end{array}$
-The citizens of Exland, whose currency is the bun, conduct the transactions outlined in the table above.
a) What is Exlandʹs current account balance?
b) What is Exlandʹs capital account balance?
c) What is Exlandʹs official settlement balance?
d) What is Exlandʹs net foreign borrowing?

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