Credit (-) items in the balance of payments correspond to anything that ?

A. Involves receipts from foreigners
B. Involves payments to foreigners
C. Increases the domestic money supply
D. Decreases the demand for foreign exchange

In the balance of payments the statistical discrepancy is used to ?

A. Insure that the sum of all debits matches the sum of all credits
B. Insure that trade imports equals the value of trade exports
C. Obtain an accurate account of a balance of payments deficit
D. Obtain an accurate account of a balance of payments surplus

All of the following are credit items in the balance of payments except ?

A. Investment inflows
B. Merchandise exports
C. Payments for american services to foreigners
D. Private gives to foreign residents

A capital account surplus might be expected to cause a current account deficit because the associated ?

A. Capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
B. Capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
C. Capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
D. Capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit

The current account includes ?

A. The value of trade in merchandise
B. Services
C. Unilateral transfers
D. All of the above

Initial conditions in the year before the crisis in Thailand Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines and Korea in 1997 indicate that ?

I. Capital inflows/gdp were very low
Ii. nonperforming bank loan ratios were high
Iii. current account deficits were high
Iv. credit growth was fast

Shortly after 1979 World Bank introduced loans that emphasized reforms in trade, agriculture industry public enterprise financial energy education or other sectors and were known as ?

A. Structural adjustment loans
B. Sectoral adjustment loans
C. Internal adjustment loans
D. External leverage loans

Which of the following statement is Not true ?

A. The ratio of debt service to gnp is very good indicator of the debt burden
B. Many large ldc debtors borrowed heavily because of their excellent international credit ratings
C. Middle income countries account for almost four-fifths of the total outstanding debt of all ldcs
D. The debt-burden of sub saharan african countries may be as heavy as for middle income countries

The Baker plan (1985) stressed _______ and the Brady Plan (1989) emphasized _______ respectively?

A. Imf decentralization; world bank dissolution
B. New loans from multilateral agencies and surplus countries; debt reduction or write-downs
C. Structural adjustment loans for ldcs experiencing unanticipated external shocks; renewed emphases on macroeconomic stabilization programs
D. Debt relief for at leas three-fourths of the eligible hipcs; shorter requirements for adjustment programs

Referring to the above table, the U.S balance of international indebtedness suggests that the U.S is a net ?

A. Debtor
B. Creditor
C. Spender
D. Exporter