Which of the following will enter as a credit in the U.S. balance-of-payments financial account? (a) The sale of an American baseball team to a Japanese industrialist (b) The sale of Japanese electronics to an American (c) The purchase of a Japanese automobile by a U.S. consumer (d) The purchase of a Japanese electronics plant by an American industrialist

Which of the following will enter as a credit in the U.S. balance-of-payments financial account? (a) The sale of an American baseball team to a Japanese industrialist (b) The sale of Japanese electronics to an American (c) The purchase of a Japanese automobile by a U.S. consumer (d) The purchase of a Japanese electronics plant by an American industrialist

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