It Is Impossible for a Country to Have a Current

question 210

True/False

It is impossible for a country to have a current account surplus and a balance of payments deficit at the same time.

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Curve

A graphical representation showing the maximum quantity of two goods that can be produced with fixed resources and technology, demonstrating the trade-offs in production.

Unemployment

A condition where people who have the ability and desire to work are unable to secure jobs.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting the maximum attainable combinations of two or more products that may be produced with available resources and technology.

Inward Shift

Describes a decrease in the potential output of an economy, often visualized as a leftward shift of the Production Possibility Frontier (PPF).