A Department Store Chain in Japan Uses Yen to Purchase

question 178

Essay

A department store chain in Japan uses yen to purchase 500,000 U.S. dollars from a U.S. bank. It then uses these dollars to buy DVDs from a U.S. filmmaker. As a result of these transactions:
A. By how much and in what direction did U.S. net exports change?
B. By how much and in which direction did U.S. net capital outflow change?

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Definitions:

Note Payable

A written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated party by a certain date, often used in business financing.

Journal Entries

Recorded transactions in the financial books of a business that detail the financial activities and their impact on the accounts.

Office Supplies

Items and materials used in offices for routine tasks and operations, such as paper, pens, staplers, and ink cartridges.

Physical Count

The manual process of counting all physical inventory items to verify quantities and condition, often for verification against accounting records.