Refer to the table below. The data indicate that there was a trade:

The following table contains hypothetical data for the U.S. balance of payments in a year. Answer the following question on the basis of these data. All figures are in billions of dollars.

U.S. goods exports +$390
U.S. goods imports -498
U.S. service exports +133
U.S. service imports -107
Net investment income +12
Net transfers -22
Capital account -5
Foreign purchases of U.S. assets +156
U.S. purchases of foreign assets -59

A. Deficit in goods and also a trade deficit in services
B. Surplus in goods and also a trade surplus in services
C. Deficit in goods and a trade surplus in services
D. Surplus in goods and a trade deficit in services

C. Deficit in goods and a trade surplus in services

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A) 0.17 B) 0.34 C) 0.52 D) 2.94

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of an assurance game?

A) Neither player has a dominant strategy. B) Nash equilibria exist at every outcome where the players successfully coordinate. C) Each of the Nash equilibria offers identical payoffs to any particular player. D) The payoff for coordinating is higher than the payoff for not coordinating.

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