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What is the balance of payments?
What is the balance of payments?
- The total expenses of a country in a particular period of time
- The total income of a country in a particular period of time
- The difference between the government's income and expenses
- The difference between all money flowing into a country and the outflow of money to the rest of the world (correct)
What are the two components of the balance of payments?
What are the two components of the balance of payments?
- Income account and expenditure account
- Current account and capital account (correct)
- Trade account and investment account
- Current account and savings account
Which economic theory influenced European rulers in the 16th century?
Which economic theory influenced European rulers in the 16th century?
- Supply-side economics
- Keynesian economics
- Mercantilism (correct)
- Monetarism
What did mercantilism favor as a measure to promote a trade surplus?
What did mercantilism favor as a measure to promote a trade surplus?
How was international trade regulated in the Middle Ages in Europe?
How was international trade regulated in the Middle Ages in Europe?