1. Pick a country and search the Internet for newspa- per or magazine articles that contain information related to the balance of payments of the country and corresponding movements in the foreign exchange value of the country's currency. Does an unexpectedly large current account deficit cause the country's currency to strengthen or weaken on the foreign exchange market?

2. What are the effects on the British balance of payments of the following set of transactions? U.K. Videos imports £24 million of movies from the U.S. firm Twenty-First Century Wolf (TFCW). The payment is denominated in pounds, is drawn on a British bank, and is deposited in the London branch of a U.S. bank by TFCW because TFCW anticipates purchasing a film studio in the United Kingdom in the near future.