Under a floating exchange rate system with mobile international capital, it is always true that current account

a. deficit + capital account surplus = trade deficit.
b. surplus ? capital account surplus = trade deficit.
c. surplus + capital account deficit = 0.
d. surplus ? capital account surplus = 0.


c

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