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A-LevelEconomicsBalance of PaymentsFeb/Mar 2016Paper 1 Q221 Mark

What would identify a country with a fundamental balance of payments disequilibrium?

Aalternate annual deficits and surpluses in the current account
Bcontinually growing balancing item
Clarge short-term outflow of foreign direct investment
Dpersistent rise in foreign currency reserves

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) Feb/Mar 2016 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Balance of Payments and is worth 1 mark.

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