When the United States has a current account deficit, it must ______.

a. reduce the difference by increasing its unilateral transfers to foreigners
b. finance the difference by importing more goods and services than it sells
c. finance the difference by borrowing or by selling more capital assets than it buys
d. increase the difference by borrowing or by buying more capital assets than it sells


c. finance the difference by borrowing or by selling more capital assets than it buys

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Aggregate demand is the sum of

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