Question

1. A trade surplus means:

the country has negative net savings, which it lends abroad.

the country has negative net savings, which it borrows from abroad.

the country has positive net savings, which it lends abroad.

the country has positive net savings, which it borrows from abroad.

2. An international organization created at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 that helps coordinate international financial flows and can arrange short-term loans between countries is called the:

U.S. Treasury.

International Monetary Fund.

U.S. Agency for International Development.

World Bank.

Answer 1

Solution-

1. A trade surplus means: the country has positive net savings, which it lends abroad.

The correct option is C. the country has positive net savings, which it lends abroad.

Reason-

A positive current account balance indicates that the nation is a net lender to the rest of the world, and trade surplus is a positive current account balance.

2. An international organization created at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 that helps coordinate international financial flows and can arrange short-term loans between countries is called the: International Monetary Fund.

The correct option is B. International Monetary Fund.