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International Finance http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic. Learning Objectives. Explain how international trade is financed Describe a country’s balance of payments accounts Explain what determines the amount of international borrowing and lending. Learning Objectives (cont.). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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International Financehttp://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
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2Learning Objectives
• Explain how international trade is financed
• Describe a country’s balance of payments accounts
• Explain what determines the amount of international borrowing and lending
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3Learning Objectives (cont.)
• Explain why the United States changed from being a lender to being a borrower in the mid-1980s
• Explain how the foreign exchange value of the dollar is determined
• Explain why the foreign exchange value of the dollar fluctuates
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5Financing International Trade
Balance of Payments Accounts Balance of payments accounts record a
country’s international trading, borrowing, and lending.
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6Balance of Payments: Credits
• Credits, + (receipts from foreigners)• Exports of goods and services
• Income receipts
• Unilateral current transfers to the US
• Financial inflows
• ““Dollars in”Dollars in”
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7Balance of Payments: Debits
• Debits, - (payment to foreigners)• Imports of goods and services
• Income payments
• Unilateral current transfers to foreigners
• Financial outflows
• ““Dollars out”Dollars out”
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8Balance of Payments Paired Transactions
• Every international transaction enters the balance of payments twice, once as a credit and once as a debit
• If you buy something from a foreigner, you must pay her. She must then spend or store your payment.
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9Examples of Paired Transactions
Credit Debit
JD buys an Italian bike (Masi) (current account)
Sale of bank deposit by Chase Bank (Financial account)
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11Examples of Paired Transactions
Credit Debit
Julia buys meal at l’Escargot d’Or (current account)
Sale of claim on BofA card (Financial account)
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13Examples of Paired Transactions
Credit Debit
TJ buys 1 share of Shell (Dutch)(Financial account)Shell deposits in US bank (Financial account)
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15Credits to the Current Account
• Credits, + (receipts from foreigners)• Exports of goods and services
• income receipts
• unilateral current transfers to the US
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16Debits to the Current Account
• Debits, - (payment to foreigners)• Imports of goods and services
• Income payments
• Unilateral current transfers to foreigners
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17Credits to the Financial Account
• Credits, + (receipts from foreigners)• Financial inflows
• Increase in foreign-owned assets (U.S. liabilities)• Decrease in U.S.-owned assets (U.S. claims).
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18Debits to the Financial Account
• Debits, - (payment to foreigners)
• Financial outflows• Decrease in foreign-owned assets (U.S.
liabilities)
• Increase in U.S.-owned assets (U.S. claims)
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19Financing International Trade
The balance of payments accounts include:
1) Current account•Exports of goods and services + US income receipts
•Imports of goods and services+US income payments
•Unilateral current transfers, net•US receipts – US payments
•“Net interest income” = US income receipts –US income payments
transfers Net income interestNetNXCAB
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20Financing International Trade
The balance of payments accounts include:
2) Financial account*• Records changes in foreign assets in the
United States minus changes US assets abroad
* Prior to 1997, the Financial account was known as the Capital account
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21Financing International Trade
The balance of payments accounts include:
3) Official settlements account• Records the change in official U.S. reserves.• Official U.S reserves -- mainly the
government’s holdings of foreign currency.• If official reserves increase, the official
settlements accounts balance is negative.Part of the Financial account & it’s small!
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22Financing International Trade
Fundamental balance of payments accounts identity:
Current account + Financial account = 0
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Current account (billion $)Import of goods and services -940Exports of goods and services +830Net interest income –10Net transfers –40Current account balance –160
Financial account (increases in ...)Foreign investment in the United States +430U.S. investment abroad -240Statistical discrepancy –40Financial account balance +150
Official settlements accountDecrease in official U.S. reserves +10
U.S. Balance of Payments Accounts in 1996
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Current account (billion $)Import of goods and services -1,120Exports of goods and services +910Net interest income +20Net transfers –40Current account balance –230
Financial account (increases in ...)Foreign investment in the United States +540U.S. investment abroad -310Statistical discrepancy –40Financial account balance +230
Official settlements account Increase in official U.S. reserves -
U.S. Balance of Payments Accounts in 1998
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28U.S. Balance of Payments
• Let’s visit the Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/di1.htm
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29The Balance of Payments:
1975-1998
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30Financing International Trade
Borrowers and Lenders, Debtors and Creditors• A net borrower is a country that is borrowing
more from the rest of the world than it is lending.
• A net lender is a country that is lending more than it is borrowing.
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31Financing International Trade
Borrowers and Lenders, Debtors and Creditors• Debtor nations are countries that during their
entire history have borrowed more from the rest of the world than they have lent to it.
• Creditor nations are countries that have invested more in the rest of the world than other countries have invested in it.
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33Financing International Trade
Borrowers and Lenders, Debtors and Creditors• The United States is both a net borrower and a debtor
nation.
• We became a borrower as a result of a string of current account deficits.
Is there any reason to be concerned?
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34Financing International Trade
No — if the borrowing is financing investment that is generating economic growth and higher income.
Yes — if the money is being used to finance consumption. This will result in higher interest payments and
consumption will eventually have to be reduced.
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35Financing International Trade
Current Account BalanceThe current account balance (CAB) equals:
transfers Net income interestNetNXCAB
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36Financing International Trade
Net Exports• Largest part of the current account balance.
• Determined by the government budget and private saving and investment.
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37Financing International Trade
Net Exports• Net exports is exports of goods and services
minus imports of goods and services (X-M)
• A government sector surplus or deficit is net taxes minus government purchases of goods and services (T – G)
• A private sector surplus or deficit is saving minus investment (S – I)
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38Net Exports, the Government
Budget, Saving, and Investment
Variables
Exports X 959
Imports M 1,110
Government purchases G 1,487
Net Taxes T 1,563
Investment I 1,367
Saving S 1,140
Symbols andequations
United Statesin 1998
(billions of dollars)
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39Net Exports, the Government
Budget, Saving, and Investment
Net Exports X - M = 959 – 1,110 = – 151
Government sector T - G = 1,563 – 1,487 = 76
Private sector S - I = 1,140 – 1,367 = –227
Surpluses and deficits in 1998
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40Net Exports, the Government
Budget, Saving, and Investment
National accounts Y = C + I + G + X – M
= C + S + T
Rearranging X – M = S – I + T – G
Net exports X – M –151
equals:
Government sector T – G 76
plus
Private sector S – I –227
Relationship among surpluses and deficits in 1998
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44Financing International Trade
The Twin Deficits• The government sector balance (T-G) and the
Current Account balance (X-M) tend to move in the same direction
• The US has frequently had a deficit on both
• Hence, they are known as the twin deficits.
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45The Twin Deficits
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46Financing International Trade
Is U.S. Borrowing for Consumption or Investment• Net exports were –$99 billion in 1996
• The government buys structures (e.g. highways, dams) that exceed $200 billion/year.
• The government spends on education and health care—increases human capital.
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47Financing International Trade
Is U.S. Borrowing for Consumption or Investment
Our borrowing is financing investment
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49The Exchange Rate
• The foreign exchange market is the market in which the currency of one country is exchanged for the currency of another.
• The foreign exchange rate is the price at which one currency exchanges for another.• In April 1997==>$1 = 123 Japanese yen
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50The Exchange Rate
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51The Exchange Rate
Currency depreciation is the fall in the value of one currency in terms of another.• The dollar depreciates if in later months it will
buy less yen than before (e.g. 90 yen as compared to 114).
Currency appreciation is the rise in the value of one currency in terms of another currency.
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52The Exchange Rate
Demand in the Foreign Exchange Market The quantity of dollars demanded in the foreign
exchange market depends upon:
1) The exchange rate
2) Interest rates in the United States and other countries
3) The expected future exchange rate
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53The Exchange Rate
The Law of Demand for Foreign Exchange• The demand for dollars is a derived
demand.• They (RoW) buy dollars in order to buy
U.S.-made goods and services.• Holding other things the same, the higher the
exchange rate, the less is the quantity of dollars demanded.
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D
The Demand for Dollars
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
50
150
1.1 1.2 1.4 1.50 1.3
100
Other things remainingthe same, a rise in the exchange rate decreasesthe quantity of dollars demanded...
…and a fall in theexchange rateincreases the quantityof dollars demanded
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55The Exchange Rate
Why do exchange rates influence the quantity of dollars demanded?
1) Exports Effect
2) Expected Profit Effect
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56The Exchange Rate
Changes in the Demand for DollarsA change in any other influence on the dollars that people plan to buy in the foreign exchange market:• Changes the demand for dollars• Shifts the demand curve for dollars
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57The Exchange Rate
The other factors that change the demand for dollars are:
1) Interest rates in the United States and other countries
interest rate differential = US rate – other rate
2) The expected future exchange rate
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D2
D1
Changes in the Demand for Dollars
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
50
100
150
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.50
D0
Increase in thedemand for dollars
Decreasein thedemand fordollars
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The demand for dollarsincreases if:
The demand for dollarsdecreases if:
Changes in theDemand for Dollars
• The U.S interest rate differential increases
• The expected future exchange rate rises
• The U.S. interest rate differential decreases
• The expected future exchange rate falls
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60The Exchange Rate
Supply in the Foreign Exchange Market The quantity of dollars supplied in the foreign
exchange market depends upon:
1) The exchange rate
2) Interest rates in the United States and other countries
3) The expected future exchange rate
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61The Exchange Rate
The Law of Supply for Foreign Exchange• U.S. residents supply dollars in the foreign
exchange market when they buy imports.
• Holding other things the same, the higher the exchange rate, the higher is the quantity of dollars supplied.
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62The Exchange Rate
Why do exchange rates influence the quantity of dollars supplied?
1) Imports Effect
2) Expected Profit Effect
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S
The Supply of Dollars
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
50
150
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.50
100
Other things remainingthe same, a rise in the exchange rate increasesthe quantity of dollars supplied...
…and a fall in theexchange ratedecreases the quantityof dollars supplied
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64The Exchange Rate
Changes in the Supply of Dollars A change in any other influence on the dollars
that people plan to sell in the foreign exchange market:• Changes the supply of dollars• Shifts the supply curve of dollars
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65The Exchange Rate
The other factors that change the supply of dollars are:
1) Interest rates in the United States and other countries
2) The expected future exchange rate
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S2
S1
The Supply of Dollars
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
50
100
150
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.50
S0
Decrease in thesupply of dollars
Increase in thesupply of dollars
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The supply of dollarsincreases if:
The supply of dollarsdecreases if:
Changes in theSupply of Dollars
• The U.S interest rate differential decreases
• The expected future exchange rate falls
• The U.S. interest rate differential increases
• The expected future exchange rate rises
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68The Exchange Rate
Market Equilibrium• If the exchange rate is too high, there is a
surplus of dollars.
• If the exchange rate is too low, there is a shortage of dollars.
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69The Exchange Rate
Market Equilibrium At the equilibrium exchange rate, there is
neither a shortage nor a surplus.
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70Equilibrium Exchange Rate
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
50
100
150
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.50
S
D
Surplus at150 yen per dollar
Shortage at50 yen per dollar
Equilibrium at100 yen per dollar
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72The Exchange Rate
Changes in the Exchange RateWhy the Exchange Rate is Volatile
• Supply and demand are not independent of each other.
• A change in the expected future exchange rate or U.S. interest rate differential shifts both supply and demand.
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S94
Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
84
100
0 Q0
D94
S95
D95
1994 to 1995
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S97
D97
Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
84
0 Q0
S95
D95
123
1995 to 1997
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75The Exchange Rate
Exchange Rate Expectations Two expectations that effect the value of
money are:
1) Purchasing power parity
2) Interest rate parity
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76The Exchange Rate
Purchasing Power Parity• Money is worth what it will buy.
• Purchasing power parity means equal value of money.
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77The Exchange Rate
Purchasing Power Parity• If prices increase in other countries but remain
constant in the United States, people will generally expect that the value of the U.S. dollar is too low and will expect it to rise.
• Supply of and demand for dollars change
• The exchange rate changes
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78The Exchange Rate
Interest Rate Parity• Money is worth what it can earn.
• Interest rate parity means equal interest rates.
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79The Exchange Rate
Interest Rate Parity If the rate of return is higher in the United
States than in another country, the demand for U.S. dollars rise and the exchange rate rises until expected interest rates are equal.
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80The Exchange Rate
The Fed in the Foreign Exchange Market• Since the Fed influences the supply of money,
it also has an impact on the exchange rate
• The Fed can intervene in the foreign exchange market and smooth out fluctuations in the exchange rate
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D2
Foreign ExchangeMarket Intervention
Quantity (trillions of dollars per day)
Exch
ange
rate
(yen
per
dol
lar)
120
0 1.3
S
D1
130
130
130
130
Target exchangerate
1.21.1 1.4 1.5
D0
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84Financing International Trade
The balance of payments accounts include:
4) Balance of official reserve transactions equals:• Net increase in foreign official reserve claims on the US• less: the net increase in US official reserves
• Measures the degree to which monetary authorities in the US and abroad joined with other lenders to cover the US current account deficit• The bookkeeping offset to this is the official settlements
accounts balance
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85Financing International Trade
Official settlements accounts balance (a.k.a “the balance of payments”) equals:
• Current account balance• plus: the non-reserve portion of the capital &
financial account balance• plus: the statistical discrepancy
• Measures the payments gap that official reserve transactions need to cover
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86Financing International Trade
Official settlements accounts balance (a.k.a “the balance of payments”)
• Played an important historical role as a measure of disequilibrium in international payments (still plays this role for many countries)
• Negative balance of payments (deficit) may signal a crisis – means a country is running down its foreign reserves (or borrowing foreign reserves)