Question: Alphas balance-of-payments data for 2012 are shown below. All figures are in billions of dollars. What are the (a) Balance on goods, (b) Balance on

Alpha€™s balance-of-payments data for 2012 are shown below. All figures are in billions of dollars. What are the 

(a) Balance on goods, 

(b) Balance on goods and services, 

(c) Balance on current account, 

(d) Balance on capital and financial account? Suppose Alpha sold $10 billion of official reserves abroad to balance the capital and financial account with the current account. Does Alpha have a balance-of-payments deficit or does it have a surplus? 

$+40 Goods exports Goods imports -30 Service exports +15 Service imports -10 Net investment income -5 Net transfers +10


$+40 Goods exports Goods imports -30 Service exports +15 Service imports -10 Net investment income -5 Net transfers +10 Balance on capital account Foreign purchases of Alpha assets +20 Alpha purchases of assets abroad -40

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