Assume the following to be a portion of the simplified balance of payments statement for a hypothetical country. The values are given in billions of dollars. $400 $300 -$100 $60 Exports Imports Capital Outflows Capital Inflows If the central bank has not changed its holding of foreign-currency reserves during this period, then the capital-service account for this country should be equal to 5 billion

Assume the following to be a portion of the simplified balance of payments statement for a hypothetical country. The values are given in billions of dollars. $400 $300 -$100 $60 Exports Imports Capital Outflows Capital Inflows If the central bank has not changed its holding of foreign-currency reserves during this period, then the capital-service account for this country should be equal to 5 billion

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Chapter29: International Finance

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