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1、【国际金融】课后习题答案SuggestedAnswerforInternationalFinance Chap2 2. Disagree,atleastasageneralstatement.Onemeaningofacurrentaccountsurplusisthatthecountryisexportingmoregoodsandservicesthanitisimporting.Onemighteasilyjudgethatthisisnotgood—thecountryisproducinggoodsandservicesthatar
2、eexported,butthecountryisnotatthesametimegettingtheimportsofgoodsandservicesthatwouldallowitdomoreconsumptionanddomesticinvestment.Inthiswayacurrentaccountdeficitmightbeconsideredgood—theextraimportsallowthecountrytoconsumeandinvestdomesticallymorethanthevalueofitscurrentproduction.A
3、nothermeaningofacurrentaccountsurplusisthatthecountryisengaginginforeignfinancialinvestment—itisbuildingupitsclaimsonforeigners,andthisaddstonationalwealth.Thissoundsgood,butasnotedaboveitcomesatthecostofforegoingcurrentdomesticpurchasesofgoodsandservices.Acurrentaccountdeficitisthec
4、ountryrunningdownitsclaimsonforeignersorincreasingitsindebtednesstoforeigners.Thissoundsbad,butitcomeswiththebenefitofhigherlevelsofcurrentdomesticexpenditure.Differentcountriesatdifferenttimesmayweighthebalanceofthesecostsandbenefitsdifferently,sothatwecannotsimplysaythatacurrentacc
5、ountsurplusisbetterthanacurrentaccountdeficit. 4. Disagree.Ifthecountryhasasurplus(apositivevalue)foritsofficialsettlementsbalance,thenthevalueforitsofficialreservesbalancemustbeanegativevalueofthesameamount(sothatthetwoaddtozero).Anegativevalueforthisassetitemmeansthatfundsar
6、eflowingoutinorderforthecountrytoacquiremoreofthesekindsofassets.Thus,thecountryisincreasingitsholdingsofofficialreserveassets. 6. ItemeisatransactioninwhichforeignofficialholdingsofU.S.assetsincrease.Thisisapositive(credit)itemforofficialreserveassetsandanegative(debit)itemfo
7、rprivatecapitalflowsastheU.S.bankacquirespoundbankdeposits.ThedebititemcontributestoaU.S.deficitintheofficialsettlementsbalance(whilethecredititemisrecorded"belowtheline,"permittingtheofficialsettlementsbalancetobeindeficit).Allothertransactionsinvolvedebitandcredititemsbothofwhichar
8、eincludedint
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