Question

Everything else equal, if the United States runs a large foreign trade deficit, the financing of the deficit will: a. increase government subsidies. b. increase interest rates. c. decrease sales of Treasury securities. d. increase the money supply. e. decrease tax revenue.

Answer 1

Answer: decrease tax revenue

Explanation:

A trade deficit occurs when the import of a country's is more than the export of the country for a given period of time period. The main cause is when there's an imbalance between the savings of a country and the investment rates.

In this case, financing the deficit will lead to the reduction in the tax revenue. When part of the tax revenue gotten from economic agents are used in the finance of the deficit, there'll be a reduction in the tax revenue.