2. Macro Economic Goals
1.) Full employment
About 5% unemployment
2.) Stability (Prices)
3.) Economic growth
4.) Balance of Payments Equilibrium
About 2% inflation
About 3% growth (7% in China)
Keep trade deficits low, but no
percentage number as a guide
All countries have
these main goals, this
part is about goal
number 4
5. Balance of Payments:
1.) Some Vocabulary
2.) The Accounts
3.) Balance between Accounts
4.) Balance between Countries
5.) States of Equilibrium
PPT 1
PPT 2
PPT 36.) Problems with Deficit/Surplus
7.) Disequilibrium
6. Balanced trade:
Trade deficit
逆差:
- A country imports more
than it exports
- A country exports more
than it imports
Trade surplus
贸易顺差:
- When exports = imports
Measuring
the
current
account
1.) Some Vocabulary
Trade surplus
Trade deficit
Amount of exports
7. Debtor nation 债务国 - A country that has borrowed more from
the rest of the world than it has lent to it.
Creditor nation 债权国 - A country that has invested more in the rest
of the world than other countries have
invested in it.
1.) Some Vocabulary
Creditor nation Debtor nationAmount of exports
8. Credit: - An increase on the balance statement, Income
Debit: - A decrease on the balance statement, Payments
1.) Some Vocabulary
Gross:
毛收入
- Total amount made as a result of
some activity.
ex…
total profit, total sales, total imports.
Net:
净收入
- Refers to the amount left over
after all deductions 扣除 are
made.
ex…
net profit, net sales, net imports.
If I give you 5 and you
give me 3, I totally gave
you 5 (gross) but I (net)
gave you 2 more then you
gave me
9. Interest:
金钱利益
Hard definition:
- A fee paid by a borrower
of assets to the owner as a
form of compensation赔偿
金for the use of the assets.
Easy definition:
- The price of money.
If I give you 100
dollars at 5%
interest, you
promise to pay
me back 105
dollars at the end
of the deal.
1.) Some Vocabulary
10. Stocks: 股票 - Are a claim to partial ownership
in a firm.
ex…
stocks in Apple, Google, IBM
Bonds: 债券 - Are certificates证书 that the
bond issuer promises to pay
back (loan)
ex…
Government bonds, Treasuries
国债
T-bills, Securities.
Stock market
Bond market
1.) Some Vocabulary
11. Direct Investment: - Investment in business and things that
give foreigners direct control in them.
Portfolio Investment: - Investment in stocks, bonds and things in
which foreigners don’t control.
1.) Some Vocabulary
Direct investment Portfolio investment
我的
我们的
12. Balance of Payments:
1.) Some Vocabulary
2.) The Accounts
3.) Balance between Accounts
4.) Balance between Countries
5.) States of Equilibrium
6.) Problems with Deficit/Surplus
7.) Disequilibrium
13. Balance of Payments:
Goal:
The (typical) goal of (almost) every country is to
have a balanced trade. (usually)
The balance of payments is the way the measure
trade between countries and one of the main
components 部件 of measuring economies
generally.
14. Current account - A measurement of the
overall health of the
economy.
- Measures the overall
balance in trade and income
and transfers.
3 main accounts:
Balance of Payments
15. Capital account - Direct investment in capital
and fixed assets by public
and private investors,
foreign or domestic.
- Change in assets资产 that
typically don’t directly affect
income.
Current account
3 main accounts:
Balance of Payments
16. - Investments that are
divided by the type of
investment by public
of private investors,
foreign or domestic.
- Change in portfolio or
direct investment in
assets that are directly
used to earn income.
Financial account
Capital account
Current account
3 main accounts:
Balance of Payments
19. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
“Invisible Trade”
- Service jobs and
services provided.
ex. - airline tickets,
teachers, assistants
Trade of services
20. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
Trade of services
- Not investments itself,
but the income from
investments made in a
foreign country.
- ex- Stocks income, Bonds
income, interest in banks.
Income
21. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
Trade of services
Income
- Unilateral 单方面
money exchanges
- Ex - Government aid,
gifts, cash, migrant workers
Current Transfers
22. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
- Direct investment in capital
and fixed assets by public
and private investors,
foreign or domestic.
- Change in assets资产 that
typically don’t directly affect
income.
23. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Investments in physical things自然
对象from foreign governments or
foreign citizens.
-ex-
-A mine,矿山 - but not the diamonds
they make.
-A house - but not the rent 租 made
from it.
-A diplomatic building – embassy 大
使馆
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
24. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
Equipment used to make
things, but not the things
they make.
-ex-
mining equipment
restaurant equipment
house repairs
Fixed assets 固定资产
25. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Investments that are
expected to make
money.
- ex –
stocks, bonds, holding of
currency.
Financial assets 金融资产
26. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
- Investments that are divided by the type
of investment by public of private
investors, foreign or domestic.
- Change in portfolio or direct investment
in assets that are directly used to earn
income.
27. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Direct Investment
- Investment in business and
things that give foreigners
direct control in them.
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
Fixed assets 固定资产
28. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Direct Investment
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
Fixed assets 固定资产
Portfolio Investment
- Investment in stocks, bonds
and things in which
foreigners don’t directly
control.
29. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Direct Investment
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
Fixed assets 固定资产
Portfolio Investment
搞砸了计数
Statistical discrepancy
Off-sets
30. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
Direct Investment
Non – Financial assets 非金融资产
Fixed assets 固定资产
Portfolio Investment
Off-sets
The foreign currency held by the
government.
(changes exchange rates)
Official Reserves
31. Current account
Capital account
Financial account
Balance of Payments
This is basically the
Stuff and Income side
This is basically the
Investments and money side
So, again
summarizing…
33. Current account
Financial account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
What if you are from China and you buy
a car that is from the United States?
Capital account
34. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
What if you are Chinese and you buy an American-made iphone?
Financial account
Capital account
35. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Financial account
What if you are Chinese and you buy Apple stock?
Financial assets 金融资产
Portfolio Investment
Capital account
36. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are an British and you buy a house in
India to live in?
Financial account
Non – Financial assets
非金融资产
Capital account
37. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are an American that goes to Chia and
gets a really great tattoo while in China?
Capital account
Financial account
Trade of services
38. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are an American and you send Foreign
aid to Kenya in Africa?
Capital account
Financial account
Current Transfers
39. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are Italian and you go to Las Vegas 拉斯维加斯
and gamble 赌 all your money?
Capital account
Financial account
Trade of services
40. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Capital account
Financial account
What if you are Italian and you go there are you
just buy the casino?赌场
Direct Investment
41. Current account
Financial account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Trade of goods
What if you are from China and you buy some food in
KFC that is from the United States?
Capital account
42. Current account
Financial account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Capital account
What if you are from China and you buy a KFC
that is from the United States?
Direct Investment
43. Current account
Financial account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Capital account
Fixed assets 固定资产
Income
What if when you buy that KFC in the US and you
later buy a new deep fryer oven油炸锅 for it?
44. Current account
Financial account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Capital account
Income
What if that KFC earns you income and you take
that income back to China?
45. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are an British diplomat and the British
government buys an embassy in France?
Financial account
Non – Financial assets
非金融资产
Capital account
46. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you buy a Starbucks
coffee in a foreign country?
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of goods
Direct Investment
47. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of goods
What if you buy a Starbucks
store in a foreign country?
Direct Investment
48. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you don’t buy the Starbucks store but
you just buy stock in the company?
Financial account
Capital account
Portfolio Investment
49. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you buy a solar panel from
China for your house in Mexico?
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of goods
50. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Financial account
Capital account
Fixed assets 固定资产
What if you have a Chinese
company in Mexico and you buy
solar panels for it?
51. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you Chinese and you buy US treasury bills?
(government bonds)
Financial account
Capital account
Financial assets 金融资产
Portfolio Investment
52. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are from Japan and buy a bridge in the
United States just because you like bridges?
Financial account
Capital account
Non – Financial assets
53. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Financial account
Capital account
What if you just buy a bond that is used to
build a bridge?
Financial assets 金融资产
Portfolio Investment
54. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are American and you sell a jet fighter to Syria?
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of goods
55. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you are Chinese and you go to see
the Lakers in America?
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of services
56. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of services
What if you are Chinese and you just
go buy the Lakers in Los Angeles?
Non – Financial assets
Trademarks and
patents are a part
capital assets. But
some parts of the deal
might be in the
financial account.Direct Investment
57. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you make
money from the Lakers
tickets
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of services
What if you are Chinese
and you just go buy the
Lakers in Los Angeles?
Non – Financial assets
Trademarks and
patents are a part
capital assets. But
some parts of the deal
might be in the
financial account.Direct Investment
58. Current account
Some examples…Balance of Payments
What if you make money from the Lakers ticker sales
and you take that money back to China?
Financial account
Capital account
Income
61. Capital account
Financial account
Financial account
Off-sets
Non – Financial assets
Fixed assets
Capital account
Official Reserves
Portfolio Investment
Direct Investment
Income
Current Transfers
Trade in Goods
Trade in Services
Current account
Balance of Payments
All the accounts
62. Balanced trade:
Trade deficit
逆差:
- A country imports more
than it exports
- A country exports more
than it imports
Trade surplus
贸易顺差:
- When exports = imports
Measuring
the
current
account
1.) Some Vocabulary
Trade surplus
Trade deficit
Amount of exports
63. Direct Investment: - Investment in business and things that
give foreigners direct control in them.
Portfolio Investment: - Investment in stocks, bonds and things in
which foreigners don’t control.
1.) Some Vocabulary
Direct investment Portfolio investment
我的
我们的
64. Income
Current Transfers
Trade in Goods
Trade in Services
Financial account
Financial assets
Off-sets
Non – Financial assets
Fixed assets
Capital account
Official Reserves
So Wait! I didn’t
explain a very
important thing that is
apart of this!
Balance of Payments
Current account Capital account
Financial account
65. Income
Current Transfers
Trade in Goods
Trade in Services
Financial account
Financial assets
Off-sets
Non – Financial assets
Fixed assets
Capital account
Official Reserves
This part
Balance of Payments
Current account Capital account
Financial account
66. Current account
Income
Current Transfers
Trade in Goods
Trade in Services
Capital account
Financial account
Financial account
Financial assets
Off-sets
Non – Financial assets
Fixed assets
Capital account
Official Reserves
For now I will tell you that
governments hold other
money from other countries
all the time, either for saving
or for use if people need to
exchange money. This will be
important when dealing with
exchange rates. But I think I
will get into that later…
Balance of Payments
68. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are a German restaurant owner that buys a bunch
of American hamburgers to sell in your home country.
Financial account
Capital account
Trade in Goods
69. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are a German restaurant owner that buys an
American restaurant to sell hamburgers in America.
Financial account
Capital account
Direct Investment
Financial assets 金融资产
70. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are a German restaurant owner that owns an
American restaurant and you want to bring your profits
back to Germany.
Financial account
Capital account
Income
71. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are a Canadian that buys stock in American
airlines
Financial account
Capital account
Portfolio Investment
Financial assets 金融资产
72. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are a French business man that buys a vacation
home in Mexico.
Financial account
Capital account
Non – Financial assets
73. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are an American tourist that gets a tattoo from a
Thailand firm.
Financial account
Capital account
Trade of services
74. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are an American organization that donates several
thousand dollars to Indonesia to help families that have
been hurt by an earthquake.
Financial account
Capital account
Current Transfers
75. Current account
Even more examples…Balance of Payments
You are an Australian that owns a school in Indonesia
that you decide to replace the basketball court because
it was destroyed by an earthquake.
Financial account
Capital account
Fixed assets 固定资产