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Show the following transactions that should be recorded in U.S. BoP using double-entry accounting system:
A.) Newmont Mining—a U.S. mining concern—exports $400 million worth of copper to China and is paid in the form of a payment drawn on a U.S. bank
B.) Dupont expands its plastics manufacturing capacity in its Polish plant by investing $250 million financed by a dollar bond issue in London (United Kingdom
C.) The U.S. government provides food assistance to Sudanese refugees in the amount of $25 million worth of flour.
D.) Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong–based airline, purchases five Boeing Dreamliners in 2013 for $750 million. The U.S. Export-Import Bank provides a seven-year loan for the full amount of the purchase with no interest or principal payments due in 2013. Explain how the transaction would be recorded by the U.S. balance of payments.
E.) Assume that France decides to write off €10 billion of debt to Morocco. What would be the impact of debt forgiveness on 1. France’s balance of payments and 2. Morocco’s balance of payments?
E.) Assume that France decides to write off €10 billion of debt to Morocco. What would be the impact of debt forgiveness on 1. France’s balance of payments and 2. Morocco’s balance of payments?