$1.$ A U$.$K$.$ resident buys Facebook shares, paying the equivalent of $$5000$

Debit: FDI

Amount: $$5000$

Reasoning: Increase in US ownership of a foreign asset

Credit:$$

Amount: $$5000$

Reasoning:

$2.$ Academy Sports $+$ Outdoors imports $$2\mathrm{.}5$ million worth of sports equipment from Vietnam to the USA.

Debit: Goods$$

Amount: $$2\mathrm{.}5$M

Reasoning: import of goods from Vietnam

Credit: Short Term Portfolio

Amount: $$2\mathrm{.}5$ milliom

Reasoning: increase in foreign ownership of USD

$3.$ A Canadian entrepreneur seeking to sell souvenirs at the $2025$ Superbowl in New Orleans, pays American Airlines $$1099$ for a Toronto $$ New Orleans$-$round$-$trip ticket.

Debit: Short Term Portfolio

Amount: $$1099$

Reasoning: Decrease in foreign ownership of a US asset

Credit: Service

Amount $$1099$

Reasoning: Export of a service

$4.$ The U$.$S$.$ government gives Ethiopia $$488$ million worth of food for humanitarian aid.

Debit: gifts$$

Amount: $$50$

Reasoning: gift given to foreign entity

Credit: short term portfolio$$

Amount: $$50$

Reasoning: increase in foreign ownership of a US asset$$