Where Would Each of the Following Appear in the Balance

question 148

Essay

Where would each of the following appear in the balance of payments account?
(a)You order some tulip bulbs from a supplier in Holland.
(b)While on vacation in London,you pay to have your shoes repaired.
(c)A U.S.firm buys shares in a German company.
(d)You receive dividends from the ownership of a German company's stock.
(e)A Japanese citizen buys a U.S.bond.
(f)A U.S.company builds a manufacturing plant in Mexico.

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Definitions:

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A cellular process where specific molecules are ingested into the cell after they bind to receptors on the cell surface.

Facilitated Diffusion

A process of passive transport, mediated by carrier proteins, allowing molecules to cross the cellular membrane along the concentration gradient without energy expenditure.

Osmotic Pressure

The pressure required to prevent the flow of solvent into a solution through a semipermeable membrane, driven by differences in solute concentration.

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A cellular process by which cells absorb metabolites, hormones, proteins – and in some cases viruses – by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being absorbed.