If US Buyers Purchased $500 Billion of Foreign Goods and Foreign

question 49

Multiple Choice

If U.S. buyers purchased $500 billion of foreign goods and foreign buyers purchased $400 billion of U.S. goods, the U.S. balance of trade would be:

• A) −$100 billion.
• B) $100 billion.
• C) $400 billion.
• D) none of these.

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