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Debit entries on the balance of payments are the entries that would ?

Correct answer: A. mean a loss of foreign exchange

  • A. mean a loss of foreign exchange
  • B. bring foreign exchange into the country
  • C. indicate a surplus exist
  • D. exist at the bottom line after all accounts are totaled

Explanation

A debit entry represents a payment to foreigners or another transaction that uses foreign exchange, so it records an outflow or loss of foreign exchange. Bringing foreign exchange into the country is recorded as a credit.

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