The Balance of Payments and International Economic Linkages

Chapter 4

CHAPTER OVERVIEW
I. BALANCE-OF-PAYMENT CATEGORIES II. THE INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND CAPITAL III. COPING WITH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
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BALANCE-OF-PAYMENT CATEGORIES
A. THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (B-O-P) 1. PURPOSE: Measures all financial and economic transactions over a specified period of time.

PART I.

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2. Double-entry bookkeeping a. Currency inflows = credits (earn foreign exchange) b. Currency outflows = debits (expend foreign exchange)

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3. Three Major Accounts: a. Current b. Capital c. Official Reserves Current Account records net flow of goods, services, and unilateral transfers.
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5. Capital Account a. Function: records public and private investment and lending. b. Inflows = credits c. Outflows = debits d. Transactions classified as 1.) portfolio 2.) direct 3.) short term
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6. Official Reserves Account a. Function: 1.) measures changes in international reserves owned by central banks. 2.) reflects surplus/deficit of a.) current account b.) capital account
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BALANCE-OF-PAYMENT CATEGORIES
b. Reserves consist of 1.) gold 2.) convertible securities 7. Net Effects: a. Sum of all transactions must be zero: 1.) current account 2.) capital account 3.) official reserves

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8. Balance-of-payment Measures a. Definitions: 1.) Basic Balance a.) consists of current account and long-term capital flows. b.) emphasizes long-term trends. c.) excludes short-term capital flows that heavily depend on temporary factors.
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BALANCE-OF-PAYMENT CATEGORIES
2.) Official Reserve Transactions Balance
- measures adjustments needed by official reserves.

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II. LINKS FROM INTERNATIONAL TO DOMESTIC FLOWS A. Introduction: Global Linkages set of basic macroeconomic identities links: domestic spending and production to current and capital accounts
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PART II.

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B. Domestic Savings and Investment and the Capital Account 1. National Income Accounting a. National Income (NI) is either spent (C) or saved (S)
NI = C + S (4.1)

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b. National spending (NS) is divided into personal spending (C) and investment (I) NS = C + I (4.2) Subtracting (4.2) - (4.1) NI - NS = S - I (4.3) If NI >NS, S > I which implies that surplus capital spent overseas.

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d. In a freely-floating system, excess saving = the capital account balance Implications:
1. A nation which produces more than it spends has a net capital outflow producing a capital account deficit.
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2. A nation which spends more than it produces has a net capital inflow producing a capital account surplus.
A healthy economy will tend to run a current account deficit.

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C. THE LINK BETWEEN THE CURRENT AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 1. Beginning identity NI - NS = X - M (4.4) where X = exports M = imports X-M=current account balance (CA)
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2. Combining (4.3) + (4.4)
S - I = X - M 3. If S - I = Net Foreign Investment (NFI) NFI = X - M (4.5)

(4.6)

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4. Implications: a. If CA is in surplus, the nation must be a net exporter of capital. b. If CA is a deficit, the nation is a major capital importer. c. When NS > NI, the excess must be acquired through foreign trade.
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d. Solutions for Improving CA deficits: 1.) Raise national income (output) relative to domestic investment (I). 2.) Increase (S) relative to domestic investment (I).

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D. GOVERNMENT BUDGETS AND CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
1. CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE

CA = Saving Surplus - Govt budget deficit

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2. CA Deficit means

the nation is not saving enough to finance (I) and the deficit.

3. CA Surplus means the nation is saving more than needed to finance its (I) and deficit.

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PART III. COPING WITH THE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT

I. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS UNLIKELY TO WORK: A. Currency Depreciation B. Protectionism CURRENCY DEPRECIATION A. U.S. Experience: Does not improve the trade deficit.
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II.

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B. Depreciations ineffective because 1. It takes time to affect trade. 2. J-Curve Effect states that a decline in currency value will initially worsen the deficit before improvement.
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III. PROTECTIONISM A. Trade Barriers used: 1. Tariffs 2. Quotas B. Results: Most likely will reduce both X and M.

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C. FOREIGN OWNERSHIP one protectionist solution would place limits on or eliminate foreign ownership leading to capital inflows.
D. STIMULATE NATIONAL SAVING change the tax regulations and rates.
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III. SUMMARY: CURRENT-ACCOUNT DEFICITS - neither bad nor good inherently 1. Since one countrys exports are anothers imports, it is not possible for all to run a surplus 2. Deficits may be a solution to the problem of different national propensities to save and invest.
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US BOP Data

http://www.bea.doc.gov/ briefrm/tables/ebr10.htm

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