Q: Analyse the impact of changes in the global economy on Australia’s Balance of Payments. The Balance of Payments is a record of all of Australia’s transactions with the rest of the world in one year. There are three main components; the current account (CA) and the capital and financial account (KAFA). The current account concerns the balance of goods and services‚ net primary and net secondary income. The capital and financial account consists of foreign aid‚ intellectual property‚ investment
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Masters of Science (Banking) UUM-IBBM WBB 6013: SEMINAR IN BANKING FDI Inflow‚ Current Account Balance‚ Inflation And Interest Rate: How Do They Impact The Malaysian Economy? By Siva Kumar Kandiah (Matric No: 89306) ___________________________________________________________ Abstract This article seeks to find which of the macroeconomic variables among FDI inflow‚ current account balance‚ inflation and interest rate play a significant role in economic growth in Malaysia using the SPSS
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AND EASING OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES IN KENYA: HAS THE ECONOMY ACHIEVED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BALANCE? CEC 702: Macroeconomics I Assignment One Submitted by: Peter Kitonyo Registration No.: X80/81901/09 To: Dr. Rose Ngugi 29th January 2010 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND EASING OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES IN KENYA: HAS THE ECONOMY ACHIEVED THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BALANCE? Introduction The global financial crisis continues to cause a considerable slowdown in most countries
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australia Balance Of Payment continues a pattern that has prevailed for many years‚ namely increasing current account deficit and growing foreign debs. some commentator believe that this trend in aussie BOP circumstances is emerging as a major threat to australia economic future. in contrast‚ other economist see the BOP of a lesser consequence and if a problem exist‚ in the long term‚ it’ll resolve itself undeniably‚ current account deficit need to be reined in over time and thus forms the context
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The balance of payments and the current account The balance of payments: The balance of payments (BOP) constitutes all the transactions made by one country with the rest of the world during a certain period of time. It compares the amount of economic activity between a country and all other countries. Any transaction that causes money to flow into a country is a credit to its BOP account‚ and any transaction that causes money to flow out is a debit. The balance of payments is divided
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Analysis of Argentina Balance of Payments The economic situation of Argentina was interesting between 1998 and 2007. However‚ it can be assumed that the worst year of the Argentinean economy was 2002. Before 1998‚ some factors such as a huge debt reaching 55% of the GDP‚ a currency pegged to the US $‚ the “Tequila” crisis in 1995‚ the devaluation of Mexican and Brazilian currencies‚ were responsible of the crisis Firstly we compared trade and GDP‚ to obtain the trade openness ratio. It increased
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Mini Case “Mexico’s Balance-of-Payments Problem” In December of 1994 Mexico entered its second major financial crisis in as many decades‚ requiring painful economic adjustment similar to the debt crisis of 1982. After nearly a decade of stagnant economic activity and high inflation in Mexico‚ the Mexican government liberalized the trade sector in 1985‚ adopted an economic stabilization plan at the end of 1987‚ and gradually introduced market-oriented institutions. Those reforms led to the resumption
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the Japanese yen was weaker against Dollar. The process has been repeated between the years 2001-03 and 2006-recent. 2. Balance of Current Account shows one country’s Export and Import in Goods and services. In the U.S. case since 1995 the Balance of Current Accounts has been constantly growing deficit as shown in the Graph Below. 3. The relationship between the Balance of the Current Account and the Exchange rate is that they coincide with each other. When an Exchange rate of one nation’s
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country’s balance of payments. The capital account indicate net change in ownership of national assets. The capital account is the net result of private and public international investments flowing in and out a country. The capital account comprise FDI (foreign direct investments)‚ financial derivatives‚ portfolio and changes in the reserve account (Santos‚2013). The current account comprises the balance of trade (Export – Import)‚ net current transfers and net income. The current account balances is affected
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policies to reduce a balance of Payments Deficit 1. Devaluation. This involves lowering the value of the currency against others. · If there is a devaluation in the currency the price of importing French goods increases and therefore the quantity demanded falls. · Exports will be cheaper in price for the French and will increase the quantity of exports · Therefore we would expect a devaluation to lead to an improvement in the current account. However it does depend upon the elasticity of
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