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Understanding Open Economy: Goods & Financial Markets

Explore goods markets, exports, financial assets, tariffs, and more in lecture 7. Learn about trade balance, capital controls, and factors influencing real and nominal exchange rates. Delve into the dynamics of the current and capital accounts.

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Understanding Open Economy: Goods & Financial Markets

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  1. Lecture 7: Open Economy

  2. Opening the Economy • Goods markets • Imports and exports • Tariffs and quotas • Financial markets • Domestic and foreign financial assets • Capital controls • Emerging market crises • Factor markets • Migration of firms and workers

  3. Basics: Goods Markets • Trends and U.S. trade deficit - Figure 18.1 • New decision: • whether to buy domestic or foreign goods • Key ingredient: The Real Exchange Rate • The nominal exchange rate • Price levels

  4. The Nominal Exchange Rate • The price of foreign currency in terms of domestic currency • Chile E = 610 (pesos/dollar) • Japan E = 110 (yens/dollar) • Euro E = 0.82 (euros/dollar) • To convert pesos prices into dollar prices; divide peso price by E • Appreciation and depreciation (trend and cycle) -- Figure 18-6

  5. The Real Exchange Rate • The price of a foreign good in terms of domestic good e = E P* P Real appreciation and depreciation

  6. Financial Markets • Diversification and speculation • Very large • Trade deficits and surpluses become possible

  7. The Balance of Payment CURRENT ACCOUNT Exports + Imports - Trade Balance Net investment income and transfers + Current Account Balance CAPITAL ACCOUNT Increase in foreign holding of domestic assets + Increase in domestic holding of foreign assets - Errors and omissions / statistical discrepancy Capital Account Balance

  8. Foreign or Domestic Assets • Risk, etc • Here: Compare returns • (Uncovered) interest parity condition: e 1+ i(t) versus (1/E(t)) (1+i*(t)) E(t+1) Figure 18-9

  9. The Goods Market Z = C + I + G + X - e Q C(Y-T) + I(Y,I) + G Q = Q(Y,e) + - X = X(Y*,e) + +

  10. Figures • Figs 19.1 and 19-2 • Increase in domestic and foreign demand • games countries play • depreciation

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