Goods exports $+40 Goods imports - 30 +15 Service exports Service imports - 10 Net investment income -5 Net transfers + 10 Balance on capital account Foreign purchases of Alpha assets +20 Alpha purchases of assets abroad - 40
Goods exports $+40 Goods imports - 30 +15 Service exports Service imports - 10 Net investment income -5 Net transfers + 10 Balance on capital account Foreign purchases of Alpha assets +20 Alpha purchases of assets abroad - 40
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Alpha’s balance-of-payments data for 2008 are shown below. All figures are in billions of dollars. What are the (a ) balance on goods, (b ) balance on goods and services, (c ) balance on current account, and (d ) balance on capital and financial account? Suppose Alpha needed to deposit $10 billion of official reserves into the capital and financial account to balance it against the current account. Does Alpha have a balance-of-payments deficit or surplus? Explain.
![Goods exports
$+40
Goods imports
- 30
+15
Service exports
Service imports
- 10
Net investment income
-5
Net transfers
+ 10
Balance on capital account
Foreign purchases of Alpha assets
+20
Alpha purchases of assets abroad
- 40](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fea860af0-a470-4c58-8105-c941838a19fa%2F1dcd2196-2f28-4dd9-9701-97b8025a413d%2Fsifgpx_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Goods exports
$+40
Goods imports
- 30
+15
Service exports
Service imports
- 10
Net investment income
-5
Net transfers
+ 10
Balance on capital account
Foreign purchases of Alpha assets
+20
Alpha purchases of assets abroad
- 40
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