Economics question!!!?

Question

If there is not a statistical discrepancy, a balance of payments surplus occurs only when:

A) both the current and capital accounts are negative.

B) the current account is negative.

C) the capital account is negative.

D) the official transactions account is negative.

Answer 1

D) the official transactions account is negative.

Balance of payments have to balance always.  A surplus would mean that some other countries have to make payments. So there would be payments receivable in the the capital account.