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Explain how each of the following transactions generates two entries, a credit and debit in the american balance of payments accounts, and describe how each entry would be classified.
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An american buys a share of german stock paying by writing a check on an account with a swiss bank.
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When german stocks are purchased by an american, it is the import of german assets.
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Therefore, it is a debit entry in the capital account to the corresponding credit entry to the value of german stock as there is full payment of swiss bank deposit.
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An american buys a share of german stock paying the seller with a check on an american bank.
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When an american buys a german stock by writing a check on an american bank, it will be a debit in the capital account because there is an import of financial asset from germany.
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Holdings from american bank are decreased.
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Therefore, it is a credit to the financial account.
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The korean government carries out an official foreign exchange intervention in which it uses dollars held in the american banks to buy korean currency from its citizens.
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The foreign exchange intervention initiated by the korean government is a kind of transfer or exports of korean assets from the u .s.
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Therefore, it is a debit entry in the u .s.
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Capital account, whereas increase in u .s...