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Chapter 13
Brief Principles of Macroeconomics Vocabulary
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
11/29/2013

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Term
Closed Economy
Definition
an economy that does not interact with other economies around the worls
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Open Economy
Definition
an economy that interacts freely with other economies around the world
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Exports
Definition
goods and services that are produced domestically and sold abroad
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Imports
Definition
goods and services that are produced abroad and sold domestically
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Net Exports
Definition
The value of a nation's exports minus the value of its imports; also called trade balance
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Trade Balance
Definition
the value of a nation's exports minus the value of its imports; also called net exports
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Trade surplus
Definition
an excess exports over imports
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Trade deficit
Definition
an excess of imports over exports
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Balanced Trade
Definition
a situation in which exports equal imports
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Net Capital Flow
Definition
the purchase of foreign assets by domestic residents minus the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners
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Nominal Exchange
Definition
the rate at which a person can trade the currency of one country for the currency of another
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Appreciation
Definition
an increase in the value of a currency as measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy
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Depreciation
Definition
a decrease in the value of a currency as measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy
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Real Exchange Rate
Definition

the rate at which a person can trade the goods and services of one country for the goods and services of another

 

 

Nominal exchange rate  x  Domestic price

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Foreign price

 

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Purchasing-Power Parity
Definition
a theory of exchange rates wherby a unit of any given currency should be able to buy the same quantity of goods in all countries
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