The table below contains the international balance-of-payments data for the United States in a past year. All figures are in billions. Compute with the appropriate sign (+ or ?) and enter in the table the six missing items. What was the condition of the balance of payments in the United States?


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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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If the Consumer Price Index was 90 in one year and 100 in the following year, then the rate of inflation is about:

A.  9 percent B.  10 percent C.  11 percent D.  12 percent

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If a country is currently lending more to the rest of the world than it is borrowing from the rest of the world, the country is a

A) net borrower. B) debtor nation. C) net lender. D) creditor nation.

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