4. A systematic record of all economic transactions completed between residents of a country and the rest of the world in a year is known as..? [A] Net Capital Flow [B] Balance of Payment [C] Balance of Trade IDLAbsolute Flow

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Examine the summary of the balance of payments of the United States for 2021. Compute and discuss the balance on the current account and its subaccounts. A Summary of the U.5. Balance of Payments for 2021 (in $ billion) Credits Debits Current Account [1] Exports $ 2,596.0 [1.1] Goods 1, 683.0 [1.2] Services 913.0 [2] Imports-53,374.7 [2.1] Goods-2, 663.6 [2.2] Services -711.1 [3] Primary Income 1,214.9-953.0 [4] Secondary income 219.2-376.9 Balance on current account [[1]+[2]+[3]+[4]-674.5 Capital Account 1.3-15.5 Balance on capital account -14.2 Financial Account (excluding official reserves) [5] Direct investment 392.2-182.2 [6] Portfolio investiment 308.9 13.5 [6.1] Equily securities -304.1 223 4 [6.2] Deht securities 481.3-209.9 [6.3] Derivatives, net 131.7 [7] Other Investment 456.4-263.6 Balance on financial account [[5]+[6]+[7]] 725.2 [8] Statistical discrepancies -3.0 Overall balance 33:5 Official Reserve Account -33.5 Source: The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Required: a1.…

1. Calculate the trade-to-GDP ratios for the two countries and answer the following questions. a. Put the ratios in the table. Estimates Import Export GDP Trade-to-GDP ratio Canada Q2 2023 704,535.0 682,469.0 2,198,984.0 USA Q2 2023 3,739.3 2,934.6 26,798.6 b. If your calculations are correct, the ratios are very different. How would you explain why the US ratio is so much lower than the Canada ratio?