U.S. balance of payment
Explain where in the U.S. balance of payment an entry would be made for each of the following:
a. A Hong Kong financier buys some U.S. Corporate stock.
b. A U.S. tourist in Paris buys some perfume to take home.
c. A Japanese company sells machinery to a pineapple company in Hawaii.
d. U.S. Farmers make a gift of food to starving children in Ethiopia.
e. The U.S. treasury sells a bond to a Saudi Arabian prince.
f. A U.S. tourist flies to France to Air France.
g. A U.S. Company sells insurance to a foreign firm.
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a. A Hong Kong financier buys some U.S. Corporate stock.
<br>Capital account - Inflow of foreign capital
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<br>b. A U.S. tourist in Paris buys some perfume to take home.
<br>current account - ...
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