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Fifth Edition
EUN / RESNICK
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Balance of Payments
3
Chapter Three
Chapter Objective:
3-2
Balance of Payments Accounting
3-3
Balance of Payments Accounts
3-4
The Current Account
3-5
The Capital Account
3-6
Statistical Discrepancy
3-7
The Official Reserves Account
3-8
The Balance of Payments Identity
3-9
Balance of Payments and the
Exchange Rate
Credits Debits Exchange rate $
Current Account
1 Exports $2,096.3 P S
2 Imports ($2,818.0)
3 Unilateral Transfers $24.4 ($114.0)
Balance on Current Account ($811.3)
Capital Account
4 Direct Investment $180.6 ($235.4)
5 Portfolio Investment $1,017.4 ($426.1)
6 Other Investments $690.4 ($400) D
Balance on Capital Account $826.9
7 Statistical Discrepancies ($18)
Overall Balance ($2.4) Q
Official Reserve Account $2.4
3-10
Balance of Payments and the
Exchange Rate
Credits Debits Exchange rate $
Current Account
1 Exports $2,096.3 P S
2 Imports ($2,818.0)
3 Unilateral Transfers $24.4 ($114.0)
Balance on Current Account ($811.3)
Capital Account
4 Direct Investment $180.6 ($235.4)
5 Portfolio Investment $1,017.4 ($426.1)
6 Other Investments $690.4 ($400) D
Balance on Capital Account $826.9
7 Statistical Discrepancies ($18)
Overall Balance ($2.4) Q
Official Reserve Account $2.4
As U.S. citizens import, they are supply dollars to the FOREX market.
3-11
Balance of Payments and the
Exchange Rate
Credits Debits Exchange rate $
Current Account
1 Exports $2,096.3 P S
2 Imports ($2,818.0)
3 Unilateral Transfers $24.4 ($114.0)
Balance on Current Account ($811.3)
Capital Account
4 Direct Investment $180.6 ($235.4)
5 Portfolio Investment $1,017.4 ($426.1)
6 Other Investments $690.4 ($400) D
Balance on Capital Account $826.9
7 Statistical Discrepancies ($18)
Overall Balance ($2.4) Q
Official Reserve Account $2.4
As U.S. citizens export, others demand dollars at the FOREX market.
3-12
Balance of Payments and the
Exchange Rate
Credits Debits Exchange rate $
Current Account
1 Exports $2,096.3 P S
2 Imports ($2,818.0) S1
3 Unilateral Transfers $24.4 ($114.0)
Balance on Current Account ($811.3)
Capital Account
4 Direct Investment $180.6 ($235.4)
5 Portfolio Investment $1,017.4 ($426.1)
6 Other Investments $690.4 ($400) D
Balance on Capital Account $826.9
7 Statistical Discrepancies ($18)
Overall Balance ($2.4) Q
Official Reserve Account $2.4
As the U.S. government sells dollars, the supply of dollars increases.
3-13
Sovereign Wealth Funds
3-14
The J-Curve Effect
Following a currency
depreciation, the trade
Change in the Trade Balance