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Mod Mod 4141The Open Economy:
Capital Flows and Balance of Payments
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The Expanded Circular Flow Diagram
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Balance of Payments Accounting
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US Balance of Payments Accounting
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Up close on Expanded Circular Flow
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Terms to Know
• Balance of Payments —the overview of a country’s transactions w/all other countries
• Current Account —balance of payments between one country and all others on goods and services, net transfers, and factor income
• Trade Balance —short hand for current account balance, meaning NX
• Financial Account —balance of payments between one country and all others on assets, meaning things like currencies, securities, and factories
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Formula for Balance of Payments
Equation: CA + FA = 0So…All the payments to the U.S. from other countries for current account items, + all the
payments from the U.S. for current account items from other countries
AND
All the payments to the U.S. from other countries for assets, + all the payments from the U.S. for assets from other countries
= 0
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Balance of Payments Wksht and Answers
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Loanable Funds Market as Financial Market Flow Model
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QLF USA
SLF USA
DLF Japan
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QLF Japan
SLF Japan
DLF USA
SLF 1 USA
SLF 1 Japan
Debit to the US Financial Account or Capital Outflow
Credit to the Japanese Financial Account or Capital Inflow
Modeling the Financial Account
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The “Rule” for Capital Inflows/Outflows
• Capital flows will move from the countries where interest in the LF market is lower to the countries where interest in the LF market is higher
• Why do various countries LF markets have differing interest rates??• Differences in economic growth rates• Differences in savings rates
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In reality, Capital moves in both directions. WHY??
•Differences in individual investor's incentives
•Financial specialization
•Countries can be both creditors and debtors simultaneously
Two-way Capital Flows