Show how each of the following would affect the U.S. balance of payments. Include a description of the debit and credit items, and in each case identify which specific account is affected (e.g., imports of goods and services, IM; exports of assets, EXA; and so on.  b. The central bank of China purchases $1 million of export earnings from a firm that has sold $1 million of toys to the United States, and the central bank holds these dollars as reserves. c) A U.S. book publisher sells $20,000 of books to a Chinese firm. the firm pays for the books by using its Chinese based credit card company. d) Vlad, a Russian citizen, working in New York, earned $6,000 last year working at a factory owned by a US company. Please draw a table like the one in the image (including the arrows indicate the increase or decrease) and explain like the sample in the image (if possible, can you elaborate a bit more because i want to undersand). Thank you in advanced.

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Show how each of the following would affect the U.S. balance of payments. Include a description of the debit and credit items, and in each case identify which specific account is affected (e.g., imports of goods and services, IM; exports of assets, EXA; and so on. 

b. The central bank of China purchases $1 million of export earnings from a firm that has sold $1 million of toys to the United States, and the central bank holds these dollars as reserves.

c) A U.S. book publisher sells $20,000 of books to a Chinese firm. the firm pays for the books by using its Chinese based credit card company.

d) Vlad, a Russian citizen, working in New York, earned $6,000 last year working at a factory owned by a US company.

Please draw a table like the one in the image (including the arrows indicate the increase or decrease) and explain like the sample in the image (if possible, can you elaborate a bit more because i want to undersand). Thank you in advanced. 

a. A California computer manufacturer purchases a $50 hard disk from a Malaysian company,
paying the funds from a bank account in Malaysia.
Description
Hard disk imported from
Malaysia
Decrease in Malaysian deposits
owned by U.S. firm
BOP Account
CA (↓)
FA (1)
Account (detail) Credit/Debit
-IM (↑), TB (↓) -$50
-IMFA (↓)
+$50
***The purchasing of disk is a debt entry in CA due to import. The reduction in deposits held in
Malaysia decreases the foreign asset held by American is recorded in the FA as a credit entry.
Transcribed Image Text:a. A California computer manufacturer purchases a $50 hard disk from a Malaysian company, paying the funds from a bank account in Malaysia. Description Hard disk imported from Malaysia Decrease in Malaysian deposits owned by U.S. firm BOP Account CA (↓) FA (1) Account (detail) Credit/Debit -IM (↑), TB (↓) -$50 -IMFA (↓) +$50 ***The purchasing of disk is a debt entry in CA due to import. The reduction in deposits held in Malaysia decreases the foreign asset held by American is recorded in the FA as a credit entry.
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