If the Current Account Balance Is -$100 Billion and the Capital

question 295

Multiple Choice

If the current account balance is -$100 billion and the capital and financial account balance is $80 billion, then the official settlement account balance is

• A) -$20 billion.
• B) $20 billion.
• C) always 0.
• D) impossible to determine with the information given.

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Definitions:

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