In: Economics
a. Freedonian firms export $250 million worth of goods.
Reason- Credit, Merchandise export. Since it is export money flows in the country, hence it is credit. Goods→Merchandise.
b. Freedonian citizen’s purchase $50 million worth of tickets on US Airways flights.
Reason- Debit, Import services. Purchase of flight tickets means import of services. Money goes out of the country, hence it is debit.
c. A Freedonian firm purchases a shoe factory in Mexico for $30 million.
Reason- Debit, financial outflow. Purchase of factory is FDI.Money goes out of the country, hence it is debit.
d. Freedonia receives $5 million in foreign aid from the United States.
Reason- Credit, unilateral transfer. Foreign aid is transfer of money in the country hence it is credited.
e.Freedonian citizens deposit $15 million in a Citibank account in New York.
Reason- Debit, Financial outflow. Deposit in a foreign bank is outflow of money.Money goes out of the country, hence it is debit.
f. Freedonia imports $220 million worth of goods.
Reason- Debit, Merchandise importt. Since it is import money flows out of the country, hence it is debit. Goods→Merchandise.
g. Freedonian firms borrow $45 million by issuing bonds in
the United States.
Reason- Credit, financial inflow. Freedonian firm borrows money from US hence money flow in the country. It is credit.
h. U.S. firms earn (and repatriate) $5 million in profits from
operations in Freedonia.
Reason- Debit, income payments. US firms take money earned in Freedonia to US. Hence it is debit.
i. The Freedonia central bank buys $10 million in U.S.
Treasury bills.
Reason- Debit, financial outflow. Freedonian bank buys US bond so money goes out, i.e. financial outflow. Therefore it is debit entry.