If Japan Has a Current Account Surplus, Then It Must

question 105

Multiple Choice

If Japan has a current account surplus, then it must:

• A) have an offsetting capital account deficit.
• B) also have a surplus in its capital account.
• C) import more goods than it exports.
• D) have a positive balance of payments.

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Definitions:

Regression Coefficients

Quantitative measures that assess the relationship between the dependent variable and each independent variable in regression analysis.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that states there is no statistical significance between two variables and any observed difference is due to chance.

F-test

The F-test is a type of statistical test that determines if there are significant differences between the variances of two or more samples.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that represents the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).