A farm equipment retailer in Azerbaijan exchanges Azerbaijan manats (the currency of Azerbaijan) for $300,000 a bank in Azerbaijan was holding. It uses the $300,000 to buy farm equipment from a U.S. company. The U.S. company deposits half of these funds in a U.S. bank and exchanges the other half for euros from a bank in London.
As a result of these transactions, by how much, if at all, and in which direction did:
A. U.S. net exports change?
B. U.S. net capital outflow change?

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The Answer of A farm equipment retailer in Azerbaijan exchanges Azerbaijan manats (the currency of Azerbaijan) for $300,000 a bank in Azerbaijan was holding. It uses the $300,000 to buy farm equipment from a U.S. company. The U.S. company deposits half of these funds in a U.S. bank and exchanges the other half for euros from a bank in London.
As a result of these transactions, by how much, if at all, and in which direction did:
A. U.S. net exports change?
B. U.S. net capital outflow change?

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