Unit 5 Flashcards
Trade deficit
Importing more than exporting
Trade surplus
Exporting more than importing
Appreciation
When the money is worth more
Depreciation
When the money is worth less
Current account
Goods and services. Trade, net income, net transfers
Financial account
Balance of assets
Forex market
Y axis (currency compared over currency) X axis (q of current currency) Supply and demand, (standard)
Shifters of forex
Interest rates
Tastes
Income
Inflation
Interest rate
High interest is shifts demand to the right
Low intersst shifts demand to the left
Tastes
Increase in tastes increases demeaned
Visa versa
Income
Up in income = up in supply
Price level
High inflation equals low demand
Going up on the forex y axis
Appreciation
Going down on forex y axis
Depreciation
The balance of payments between two countries
Must be equal to zero ex. If China spends 300 dollars to America. Of 1000 then America must have 300 more