QUESTION 12 Table 1 shows the summary of China's balance of payments and net international investment position. Please mark the only INCORRECT statement about Table 1. Source: IMF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (Percent of GDP) Current account balance Trade balance Services balance Net international investment position Gross official reserves (billions of U.S. dollars) Table 1. China: Selected Economic Indicators¹ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 1.7 4.4 -21 17.7 3,098 1.5 3.9 -2.1 16.8 3,236 0.2 27 -2.1 15.2 3,168 0.7 27 2020 1.8 3.5 -1.8 -1.0 16.0 14.5 3,223 3,357 1.6 3.0 -0.7 13.8 3,448 2022 1.5 27 -1.0 14.0 3,696 China's low stock of gross official reserves suggests that the nation is vulnerable to a balance of payment crisis and a large a. devaluation of the CNY b. China's large NIIP should be consistent with the fact that it supplies capital and invests in the rest of the world c. The fact that China has a large and positive NIIP position means that the has relatively high savings rates d. China is a net creditor country
QUESTION 12 Table 1 shows the summary of China's balance of payments and net international investment position. Please mark the only INCORRECT statement about Table 1. Source: IMF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (Percent of GDP) Current account balance Trade balance Services balance Net international investment position Gross official reserves (billions of U.S. dollars) Table 1. China: Selected Economic Indicators¹ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 1.7 4.4 -21 17.7 3,098 1.5 3.9 -2.1 16.8 3,236 0.2 27 -2.1 15.2 3,168 0.7 27 2020 1.8 3.5 -1.8 -1.0 16.0 14.5 3,223 3,357 1.6 3.0 -0.7 13.8 3,448 2022 1.5 27 -1.0 14.0 3,696 China's low stock of gross official reserves suggests that the nation is vulnerable to a balance of payment crisis and a large a. devaluation of the CNY b. China's large NIIP should be consistent with the fact that it supplies capital and invests in the rest of the world c. The fact that China has a large and positive NIIP position means that the has relatively high savings rates d. China is a net creditor country
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Table 1 shows the summary of China's balance of payments and net international investment position. Please mark the only
INCORRECT statement about Table 1.
Source: IMF
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (Percent of GDP)
Current account balance
Trade balance
Services balance
Net international investment position
Gross official reserves (billions of U.S. dollars)
Table 1. China: Selected Economic Indicators¹
2017 2018
2016
1.7
4.4
-2.1
17.7
3,098
1.5
3.9
-2.1
-2.1
16.8
15.2
3,236 3,168
0.2
27
2019
2020
0.7
1.8
2.7
3.5
-1.8
-1.0
16.0
14.5
3,223 3,357
2021
1.6
3.0
-0.7
13.8
3,448
2022
1.5
2.7
-1.0
14.0
3,696
China's low stock of gross official reserves suggests that the nation is vulnerable to a balance of payment crisis and a large
a. devaluation of the CNY
b. China's large NIIP should be consistent with the fact that it supplies capital and invests in the rest of the world
c. The fact that China has a large and positive NIIP position means that the has relatively high savings rates
d. China is a net creditor country
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