International Economics 8th Edition by Dennis Appleyard, Alfred Field

تمرين 8

Suppose that two events occur simultaneously: (i) A firm in country A exports $1,000 of goods to country B and receives a $1,000 bank deposit in country B in exchange; and (ii) a country A immigrant gives $500 to a relative in country B in the form of a $500 buildup of the relative's bank account in country A.
What is the impact of these two events on country A's ( a) merchandise trade balance, ( b) current account balance, and ( c) official reserve transactions balance?