Topic 11- Open Economy MacroEconomics Flashcards
Closed Economy
one that does not interact with other economics
Open Economy
one that interacts freely with other economies
How does an open economy interact with other countries (2)
1) Trade (Buying and selling goods in world market)
2) Financial Markets (buying and selling capital assets such as stocks and bonds)
Exports and Imports
Exports: g/s produced domestically, sold abroad
Imports: g/s produced abroad, brough domestically
Net Exports
TARADE BALANCE (EXPORTS-IMPORTS)
Openness in Goods Market
The opportunity for consumers and
firms to choose between domestic and foreign goods
Tariffs and Quotas
Trade Restrictions
TARIFFS= TAXES
QUOTAS: QUANTITIY RESTRICSTS
Trade Surplus
Exports >Imports
Trade Deficit
Exports < Imports
Trade Balance
Exports=Imports
Oppennes in Finacial Markets
The opportunity for financial investors to choose between domestic and foreign financial assets
Restrictions on openness in financial markets
Capital Controls
Capital Controls
restrictions on the foreign assets domestic residents could hold as well as on the domestic assets foreigners could hold
How is a trade deficit difference financed
When you buy more than you sell to the rest of the world, yo must issue bonds or stocks to the rest of the world.
In a closed economy, what is total saving equal to?
S=I
In a open eocnomy, what is total saving equal to?
S=I+NX
Y=C+G+I+NX
Y-C-G=I+NX
S=I+NX
Investment+Net Exports
If there is a trade surplus ( NX>0), then what
S=I+NX
and NX>0
THEN
S>I
Which means that the supply of laonable funds in this economy is high, therefore, the economy will lend money to the rest of the world
If NX<0, or there is a trade deficit, then what
S=I+NX
and NX<0
THEN
S<I
Which means that the supply of loanable funds in the eocnomy is low, therefore the economy will borrow money from the rest of the world
How do countries borrow or lend from the rest of the world
by issuing bonds or stocks
Balance of payments
a country’s transactions with the rest of the world, summarized by a set of accounts
Balance of payments lay out
Current Account
Financial Account
The Current Account
the transactions above the line, that record payments to and from the world
The Financial Account
the transactions below the line, represeting a country’s borrowing or lending in International market
Balance of Payments
Above the line: trade of goods
Below the line: trade of financial securities