Which of the Following Combinations Is Plausible for a Nation's

question 208

Multiple Choice

Which of the following combinations is plausible for a nation's balance of payments? (All numbers in billions.)

• A) current account = 10, capital account = 40, official reserve transaction account = 50
• B) current account = 40, capital account = 20, official reserve transaction account = -50
• C) current account = 50, capital account = -30, official reserve transaction account = 20
• D) current account = 30, capital account = -20, official reserve transaction account = -10

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Definitions:

Expensive Brand

A brand associated with high cost, often linked to high quality, luxury, and status.

Experimental Group

In research, a group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under investigation, allowing researchers to assess the effect of this variable.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Confounding Variables

Factors other than the independent variable that may cause a result in an experiment, potentially leading to incorrect conclusions.