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Business Is A Word Which Is Commonly Used in Many Different Languages. But
Business Is A Word Which Is Commonly Used in Many Different Languages. But
Business Is A Word Which Is Commonly Used in Many Different Languages. But
Key Words:
- Link : hubungan - Dividend : dividen
- Complicated : rumit - Foreign : asing
- Closed : tertutup - Transfer : pemindahan
- Open : terbuka - invested : investasikan
- Classical : klasik - Short-term : jangka pendek
- Principle : prinsip - Long term : jangka panjang
- Current account : bagian/rekening transaksi berjalan
- Capital account : bagian/rekening lalulintas moneter
- Inflow : masukan - reserves : tabungan, cadangan
- Currency : uang (mata uang) - earn : menerima uang, mendapat
Penghasilan
Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with the words from the key
words list!
1. A country’s ……….. with the rest of the world can have a big influence on its
economy.
2. People often think that economic theory is unnecessarily ………………..
3. A …………… economy has no trading or financial ………. with other countries.
4. The …… …….. covers imports and exports of goods and services.
5. The current account also includes the cash that ……… ………. Workers send
home and some minor public sector………… .
6. The …….. ………. ………..is money lent or invested abroad.
7. The capital account can be ……… ……….. or it can be ………. …………
8. Most countries have official ……….. of foreign currency and gold.
9. A person can spend more than he ………… .
10. ……….. economists base their view of the balance of payments on the same
…………. that they use in closed economy models.
Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences based on the text above!
1. Capital now moves more……….between countries.
2. If economists ………… an open economy, their economic models become more
complicated.
3. Let us ………….balance of payment theories.
4. We will start with some simple ………. and basic economics.
5. The current account ………. imports and exports of goods and services.
6. The current account also includes the interest, profits and dividends received
from …….
7. The current account also includes cash that foreign workers send home and some
……… public sector transfers.
8. Britons with American bank accounts can make deposits or ………. their
accounts with a ………….. telephone call.
9. ………… companies and ………. ………….. agencies invest in big projects
that may take years to complete.
10. A country can finance a current account deficit by ……….. a ………… on its
capital account.
Exercise 3: Comprehension Questions
Answer the following questions based on the text above!
1. What can have a big influence on a country’s economy?
2. How do economists oversimplify their theories?
3. What is a closed economy?
4. What happens if economists analyze an open economy?
5. What principles do economists base their view of the balance of payments on?
6. What are the two parts of a country’s balance of payments?
7. What does the current account include?
8. What is the capital account?
9. Is the capital account short term or long term?
10. If a country has a current account deficit, what must it do?
11. How do most countries use their official reserves of foreign currency and gold?
12. The current accounts minus the capital accounts plus any change in official
reverses must always equal how much?
13. In an individual’s personal finances, what is like a current account deficit?
14. In an individual’s personal finances, what is like a capital account surplus?
15. In an individual’s personal finances, what is like a country’s reserves?
Exercise 4: Translate the text above into Indonesian!