Chap 10
Chap 10
Chap 10
economy
Mentor Pham Xuan Truong
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Content
I Basic concept
1. Balance of payment
2. Foreign exchange rate
II Macroeconomic theory of the open economy
3. The market for loanable funds
4. The market for foreign currency exchange
5. Equilibrium in the open economy
III How policies and events affect an open economy
I Basic concept
1. Balance of payments
The balance of payments (BoP) of a country is a systematic record of
all economic transactions between the residents of one country and
residents of foreign countries during a given period of time
Components of BoP
+ Current account: records transactions relating to export and import
of goods, services, unilateral transfers and international incomes. Thus,
balance on current account is mostly the value of exports minus the
value of imports, adjusted for international incomes and net transfers.
(The export and import of goods are called visible items whereas
invisible items include shipping, banking, insurance (service), gifts)
+ Capital (financial) account: records all international economic
transactions relating to change in assets-both financial and physical. It
is a record of short term and long term capital transactions, both
private and official. These are classifies into two categories - Direct
foreign investments and Portfolio investments
I Basic concept
1. Balance of payments
Structure of Bop
Balance of payments is a complete record of Total
Receipts and Total Payments of a country in relation to
other countries over a given time period. Total
Receipts are called CREDIT and Total Payments are
termed as DEBIT.
Credit side comprises of all those values received from
foreign countries. On the other hand, Debit side
comprises of all the payments made to other countries.
It is maintained in a double entry book keeping
system.
Structure Of BoP
CREDITS DEBITS
ITEMS OF CURRENT ACCOUNT
Export of Goods Import of Goods
Exports of Services Import of Services
Unilateral Transfer Receipts (gifts, Unilateral Transfer Payments (gifts,
indemnities from foreigners). indemnities to foreigners).
Income receipts. Income Payments
ITEMS OF CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Capital Receipts ( borrowings from, Capital Payments ( lending to, capital
capital repayments by or sale of assets to repayments to or purchase of assets from
foreigners). foreigners).
I Basic concept
1. Balance of payments
BALANCE OF TRADE-
Balance of Trade= Export of goods- Import of goods.
BALANCE OF CURRENT ACCOUNT-
Balance of Current Account= Balance of Trade+ Balance
of Income + Balance of Transfers.
BALANCE OF CAPITAL ACCOUNT-
Balance of Capital Account= Capital Receipts- Capital
Payments
I Basic concept
2. Foreign exchange rate
Exchange Rate refers to the rate at which the currencies of
different countries are traded. Economists distinguish between
two exchange rates: the nominal exchange rate and the real
exchange rate.
The nominal exchange rate is the relative price of the
currency of two countries denoted as e. In this module, we
understand e as how many foreign currency unit to trade for
one domestic currency unit (e.g. 1VND = 0.00005 USD)
Appreciation (strengthen) = increase in the value of a currency
measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy.
Depreciation (weaken) = decrease in the value of a currency
measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy
The real exchange rate is the relative price of the goods of two
countries. sometimes called the terms of trade denoted as e
I Basic concept
2. Foreign exchange rate
Relationship between the real and nominal exchange rate
e = e × (P/P*)
P is the price level of the domestic country (measured in the domestic
currency) and P* is the price level of the foreign country (measured in
the foreign currency). Because nominal foreign exchange rate is
understood as how many foreign currency units to trade for one
domestic currency unit, so real foreign exchange rate is understood as
how many foreign goods units to trade for one domestic goods unit
Example: 1 laptop of US has price of 500 USD, 1 laptop of VN has
price of 11 million VND, 1VND = 0.00005 VND (1USD = 20000
VND)
e = 0.00005x(11.10^6/500) = 1.1
If the real exchange rate is high, foreign goods are relatively cheap,
and domestic goods are relatively expensive. If the real exchange rate
is low, foreign goods are relatively expensive, and domestic goods are
relatively cheap.
I Basic concept
2. Foreign exchange rate
From the formula of real exchange rate, we have
e = e x (P*/P) or
%e = % e + (%P* - %P)
Change in Difference
Change in
nominal between
real
exchange inflation rate of
exchange
rate two countries
rate
I Basic concept
2. Foreign exchange rate
There are three exchange rate systems
Fixed Exchange Rate System In a fixed exchange rate system, the rate of
exchange is fixed by the central bank of the country by official action, the
country’s central bank stands ready to buy and sell its currency at a fixed
price in terms of some other currency. Under this, authority for devaluation
or revaluation of currency rests with government of the country.
Panel (a) shows national saving and domestic investment as a percentage of GDP. You can see
from the figure that national saving has been lower since 1980 than it was before 1980. This fall
in national saving has been reflected primarily in reduced net capital outflow rather than in
reduced domestic investment.
National saving, domestic investment,& net capital outflow (b)
Panel (b) shows net capital outflow as a percentage of GDP. You can see from the figure that
national saving has been lower since 1980 than it was before 1980. This fall in national saving
has been reflected primarily in reduced net capital outflow rather than in reduced domestic
investment.
II Macroeconomic theory of the open economy
1 The market for loanable funds
Higher real interest rate
+ Encourages people to save: Increases quantity of loanable funds supplied
+ Discourages investment: Decreases quantity of loanable funds demanded
+ Discourages domestic citizens from buying foreign assets: Reduces net
capital outflow
+ Encourages foreigners to buy domestic assets: Reduces net capital
outflow
Supply of loanable funds: Slopes upward
Demand of loanable funds: Slopes downward
At equilibrium interest rate: Amount that people want to save
exactly balances the desired quantities of domestic investment and
net capital outflow
The market for loanable funds
Real
Interest Supply of loanable funds
Rate (from national saving)
Equilibrium
real interest
rate
Demand for loanable
funds (for domestic
investment and net
capital outflow)
Equilibrium Quantity of
quantity Loanable Funds
Real
Exchange Supply of dollars
Rate (from net capital outflow)
Equilibrium real
exchange rate
The real exchange rate is determined by the supply and demand for foreign-currency exchange. The
supply of dollars to be exchanged into foreign currency comes from net capital outflow. Because net
capital outflow does not depend on the real exchange rate, the supply curve is vertical. The demand
for dollars comes from net exports. Because a lower real exchange rate stimulates net exports (and
thus increases the quantity of dollars demanded to pay for these net exports), the demand curve is
downward sloping. At the equilibrium real exchange rate, the number of dollars people supply to buy
foreign assets exactly balances the number of dollars people demand to buy net exports.
II Macroeconomic theory of the open
economy
2. The market for foreign-currency exchange
NX is the balance of current account in BoP (balance of
income and transfer are ignorable)
NCO is the adverse balance of capital account in BoP
NX = NCO via the activities of foreign exchange market
implies balanced BoP if flexible exchange maintains
In other words, the total value of CREDIT = the total value of
DEBIT. If using foreign exchange rate as E (how many
domestic currency units to exchange one foreign currency
unit). CREDIT now represents for supply of foreign currency;
DEBIT now represents for demand of foreign currency
II Macroeconomic theory of the open
economy
2. The market for foreign-currency exchange
E.g. foreign exchange market in UK with domestic
currency is pound and foreign currency is dollar. UK
maintains managed flexible exchange rate system
II Macroeconomic theory of the open economy
3. Equilibrium in the open economy
We establish the link between the two markets
Market for loanable funds: S = I + NCO
Market for foreign-currency exchange: NCO=NX
Because a higher domestic real interest rate makes domestic assets more attractive, it
reduces net capital outflow. Note the position of zero on the horizontal axis: Net capital
outflow can be positive or negative. A negative value of net capital outflow means that the
economy is experiencing a net inflow of capital.
II Macroeconomic theory of the open economy
3. Equilibrium in the open economy
Simultaneous equilibrium in two markets
Market for loanable funds
Supply: national saving
Demand: domestic investment & net capital outflow
Equilibrium real interest rate, r
Net capital outflow
Slopes downward
Equilibrium interest rate, r
Market for foreign-currency exchange
Supply: net capital outflow
Demand: net exports
Equilibrium real exchange rate, E
II Macroeconomic theory of the open economy
3. Equilibrium in the open economy
Simultaneous equilibrium in two markets
- Equilibrium real interest rate, r: Price of goods and services in the
present relative to goods and services in the future
- Equilibrium real exchange rate, e: Price of domestic goods and
services relative to foreign goods and services
r1 r1
Net capital
Demand outflow, NCO
Demand NCO
Quantity of Loanable Funds Net capital outflow
When the U.S. government imposes a quota on Real
the import of Japanese cars, nothing happens in Exchange Supply
Rate 2. . . . And causes
the market for loanable funds in panel (a) or to net
the real exchange
capital outflow in panel (b). The only effect is a rise E2
rate to appreciate.
in net exports (exports minus imports) for any
given real exchange rate. As a result, the demand E1
1. An import
for dollars in the market for foreign-currency
exchange rises, as shown by the shift from D 1 to D2 quota increases
the demand for
D2 in panel (c). This increase in the demand for D1 dollars . . .
dollars causes the value of the dollar to appreciate
from E1 to E2. This appreciation of the dollar tends Quantity of Dollars
to reduce net exports, offsetting the direct effect of (c) The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
III How policies and events affect an open
economy
3 Political instability and capital flight
Political instability leads to capital flight
Capital flight = Large and sudden reduction in the demand
for assets located in a country
Capital flight affects both markets
Investors will sell domestic assets & buy foreign assets
Net-capital-outflow curve – increases: supply of domestic
currency in the market for foreign-currency exchange increases
Demand curve in the market for loanable funds – increases
Interest rate – increases
The domestic currency – depreciates
The effects of capital flight
(a) The Market for Loanable Funds in Mexico (b) Mexican Net Capital Outflow
Real 3. . . . Which increases Real
Interest D2 the interest rate. Interest 1. An increase
Rate Rate in net capital
D1 Supply
outflow . . .
r2 r2
r1 r1