Category: 6. Open Economy Macroeconomics

  • Balance of Payments

    A balance of payment (BoP) is a summary statement that lists all of the transactions that took place within a specific period between the resident and the outside world. The Balance of Payment indicates the extent to which a country saves enough money to cover its imports. It also reveals whether the country produces adequate economic output to…

  • Difference between Balance of Payment and Balance of Trade

    Balance of Payment and Balance of Trade are two important terms that are sometimes confused as the same. The former is a statement of all transactions between entities in one country and the outside world over a specified time period; however, the latter is the difference between the Export and Import of Goods. Table of…

  • Difference between Current Account and Capital Account of BoP

    Balance of Payment is a statement of all transactions between entities in one country and the outside world over a specified time period, such as a quarter or a year. It lists all interactions between residents of one country and residents of other countries that involve businesses, organizations, or governments. Balance of Payments includes all…

  • Balance of Payment and its Components

    Usually, government records all the transactions that arise between a country and the outside world. This record is titled Balance of Payments. Balance of Payments can also be known as the Balance of International Payments. It is a statement of all transactions between entities in one country and the outside world over a specified time period, such…

  • Difference between Devaluation and Depreciation

    Devaluation and Depreciation are two examples of a situation when the value of domestic currency falls in terms of foreign currencies. Even though both include a reduction in the value of domestic currency, the way in which it happens is different.  What is Devaluation? Devaluation means deliberately reducing the value of a currency in terms…

  • Depreciation of Currency

    What is Depreciation of Currency? Currency Depreciation refers to a decrease in the value of a currency as compared to other currencies in a floating exchange rate system. Market forces of demand and supply work towards the depreciation of the currency and determine a currency depreciation rate. The country’s trade exports and trade imports play an…

  • Devaluation of Currency

    Sometimes there arise some situations when the value of the domestic currency tends to increase drastically and faces monetary barriers. The government and the central bank intervene with some effective monetary policies for the correction of exchange rates, trade deficits, etc. One of these practices is the Devaluation of Currency. Devaluation of Currency is a monetary policy…

  • Managed Floating Exchange Rate System

    A medium of exchange for goods and services is called currency, which is different from one country to another country. However, a country’s currency cannot be used in another country. For this purpose, the currency of one country is converted into the currency of another country, and the rate at which one currency is exchanged…

  • Flexible Exchange Rate System 

    A medium of exchange for goods and services is called currency, which is different from one country to another country. However, a country’s currency cannot be used in another country. For this purpose, the currency of one country is converted into the currency of another country, and the rate at which one currency is exchanged…

  • Fixed Exchange Rate System

    A medium of exchange for goods and services is called currency, which is different from one country to another country. However, a country&#x2019s currency cannot be used in another country. For this purpose, the currency of one country is converted into the currency of another country, and the rate at which one currency is exchanged…