The Accompanying Table Contains Hypothetical Data for the U

question 309

Multiple Choice

The accompanying table contains hypothetical data for the U.S. balance of payments in a year. All figures are in billions of dollars. The figure for net transfers indicates that the United States

• A)received a net public and private transfer of $22 billion from the rest of the world.
• B)sent a net public and private transfer of $22 billion in remittances to the rest of the world.
• C)sent a net private transfer of $22 billion to the rest of the world.
• D)received a net private transfer of $22 billion from the rest of the world.

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