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- 1. DataSeries NameCountry Name200520062007200820092010201120122013201420052006 20072008200920102011201220132014Current account balance (% of GDP)Japan3.72108339084.00924981874.86040164832.9307195 0222.8932255044.01951774382.19446441271.0096101420.8360 9192680.52202377983.74.04.92.92.94.02.21.00.80.5Current account balance (BoP, current US$)Japan17012300000017467300000021173600000014211600 00001456780000002208880000001295970000006011699969741 13206998424020721717170.1174.7211.7142.1145.7220.9129.66 0.141.124.0Goods exports (BoP, current US$)Japan57098200000061921900000068062300000074911800 00005481450000007354360000007899510000007766400000006 94940000000699454000000571.0619.2680.6749.1548.1735.479 0.0776.6694.9699.5Goods imports (BoP, current US$)Japan46401800000052411300000056002200000069384100 00004900540000006269120000007944250000008301240000007 84588000000798654000000464.0524.1560.0693.8490.1626.979 4.4830.1784.6798.7Service exports (BoP, current US$)Japan10196100000010934600000012157900000014104000 00001209140000001345530000001407090000001369740000001 35398000000163081000000102.0109.3121.6141.0120.9134.614 0.7137.0135.4163.1Service imports (BoP, current US$)Japan13901300000014140700000015867700000017897600 00001557540000001648800000001757800000001846890000001 70878000000192305000000139.0141.4158.7179.0155.8164.917 5.8184.7170.9192.3Primary income payments (BoP, current US$)Japan38752673411498730227105967707148955028330675 40624093900467443974785058834823654194074488566817566 096298270082638.849.959.755.040.646.750.654.256.763.0Seco ndary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$)Japan12103646958120460022511315702995216687337876 15819388879166517330932057556177222906139971205580612
- 2. 252763651703812.112.013.216.715.816.720.622.920.627.6Expo rts of goods and services (BoP, current US$)Japan67294200000072856500000080220200000089015800 00006690590000008699900000009306600000009136140000008 30338000000862535000000672.9728.6802.2890.2669.1870.093 0.7913.6830.3862.5Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)Japan60303100000066552000000071870000000087281700 00006458070000007917930000009702050000001014810000000 955467000000990959000000603.0665.5718.7872.8645.8791.89 70.21014.8955.5991.0Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$)Japan64178367341171539302271077837707148992784533 06756864310939008385373974781020793348236106900407448 810121487566091053941700826641.8715.4778.4927.8686.4838 .51020.81069.01012.11053.9Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$)Japan81947900000090074900000010016260000001083004 00000084450600000010718210000001164214000000114346800 000010633990000001096911000000819.5900.71001.61083.084 4.51071.81164.21143.51063.41096.9Data from database: World Development IndicatorsLast Updated: 02/17/2016 Current account balance (% of GDP) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 3.721083390771636 4.009249818704644 4.860401648266817 2.93071950221195 2.893225504039469 4.019517743774466 2.194464412655089 1.009610142006505 0.836091926821676 0.522023779773657 CURR A/C BAL 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 1.70123E11 1.74673E11 2.11736E11 1.42116E11 1.45678E11 2.20888E11 1.29597E11 6.0116999697E10 4.1132069984E10 2.4020721717E10 Goods exports (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013. 0 2014.0
- 3. 5.70982E11 6.19219E11 6.80623E11 7.49118E11 5.48145E11 7.35436E11 7.89951E11 7.7664E11 6.9494E11 6.99454E11 Goods imports (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 4.64018E11 5.24113E11 5.60022E11 6.93841E11 4.90054E11 6.26912E11 7.94425E11 8.30124E11 7.84588E11 7.98654E11 Service exports (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 1.01961E11 1.09346E11 1.21579E11 1.4104E11 1.20914E11 1.34553E11 1.40709E11 1.36974E11 1.35398E11 1.63081E11 Service imports (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011. 0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 1.39013E11 1.41407E11 1.58677E11 1.78976E11 1.55754E11 1.6488E11 1.7578E11 1.84689E11 1.70878E11 1.92305E11 Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 3.8752673411E10 4.987302271E10 5.9677071489E10 5.5028330675E10 4.06240939E10 4.6744397478E10 5.0588348236E10 5.4194074488E10 5.6681 756609E10 6.2982700826E10 Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) Japan 2005.0 2006.0 2007.0 2008.0 2009.0 2010.0 2011.0 2012.0 2013.0 2014.0 1.2103646958E10 1.2046002251E10 1.3157029952E10 1.6687337876E10 1.5819388879E10 1.6651733093E10 2.0575561772E10 2.2906139971E10 2.0558061225E10 2.7636517038E10 Definition and SourceCodeIndicator NameLong definitionSourceBX.GSR.GNFS.CDExports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from
- 4. residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.GSR.GNFS.CDImports of goods and services (BoP, current US$)Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.GSR.TOTL.CDImports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$)Imports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods imports, service imports and primary income payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BX.GSR.MRCH.CDGoods exports (BoP, current US$)Goods exports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold and net exports of goods under merchanting) involved in a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.GSR.MRCH.CDGoods imports (BoP, current US$)Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.GSR.FCTY.CDPrimary income payments (BoP, current US$)Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.TRF.PRVT.CDSecondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$)Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments
- 5. whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZSCurrent account balance (% of GDP)Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.BN.CAB.XOKA.CDCurrent account balance (BoP, current US$)Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BX.GSR.TOTL.CDExports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$)Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BX.GSR.NFSV.CDService exports (BoP, current US$)Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.BM.GSR.NFSV.CDService imports (BoP, current US$)Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. English 1002: Evaluating Research Sources Who—authored the source? What clues are there that this author is or isn’t an authority in this particular area?
- 6. _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ When—was the information published? Is it still relevant to your argument? _____________________________________________________ _________________________ What—type of information does the source provide? How might it be relevant to the essay? _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ Where—is this information coming from? What clues demonstrate the source’s reliability or lack thereof? _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________
- 7. _____________________________________________________ _________________________ Why—is this info being presented? Does it aim to inform, persuade, entertain, sell??? What bearing does this purpose have on the source’s reliability and relevance? _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ How—is the info being presented? Does it seem biased in any way, and if so, how does this affect your understanding of the relevance and reliability of this source? _____________________________________________________ _________________________ _____________________________________________________ _________________________ 2- Assignment Policy Analysis of the Balance of Payments The goal of this assignment is applying the basic principles trade to explain the state of a balance of payments in one country.
- 8. 1. Decide with your teammate the country you want to analyse. (Japan) 2. Retrieve two of three graphs about the evolution of the balance of payments of your selected country from the IMF Data Mapper (http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php), which will be included as annex to your short paper. 3. Write your analysis about the current trade situation of your selected country including some of the following analytical elements (the relevance of the elements below vary from case to case) 3.1 Explain the causes of the surplus or deficit in the current account 1.1 Trade in goods 1.2 Trade in services 3.2. How has the country been able to offset the imbalance between current and capital account? 3.3. What is the role of reserves? 3.4. What other domestic policies are affecting trade in your country? 5.1. Monetary: interest rate and/bonds (increase or decrease spending on goods and services) 5.2 Fiscal: Taxes 5.3 Commercial: increase or decrease exports 3.5. Indicate how externalities may contribute to the explanation of policy choices (productivity, temporary decline in prices or raw materials). 4. Some other important elements should be taken into consideration: a) Your explanation of the policy choices will require gathering information from other sources such as think tanks or policy
- 9. papers. IMF, Wold Bank, OECD covering the period 2000-2014 b) The statistical annex should be brief based on graphs or table you have processed from databases. c) Upload your analysis in BB by Friday, February 26th d) The expectation is to deliver a 4-5 page explaining the policy choices of a country of your preference (except the United States) and a statistical annex.