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Closed Economy is one that...

that does not interact with other economies in the world

Open Economy is one that...

an economy that interacts freely with other economies around the world

Exports

The goods and services that a country sells to foreign nations

Imports

The goods and services that a country purchases to be consumed domestically

Net Exports

(NX) = Exports - Imports

aka trade balance

Trade Balance

The value of the Net Exports (NX)

Trade Surplus

When # of exports is greater than imports

Trade Deficit

When # of imports is greater than exports

Balanced Trade

a situation where exports = imports

Net Capital Outflow (NCO)

The purchase of Foreign assets by domestic residents - the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners

This is only related to financial assets (stocks, bonds, currency, etc) , not goods and services.

Nominal Exchange Rate =

the rate at which a person can trade the currency of one for the country for the currency of another.

Appreciation . . .

an increase in the value of a currency as measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy

Depreciation . . .

a decrease in the value of a currency as measured by the amount of foreign currency it can buy

Real Exchange Rate =

The rate at which a person can trade the goods and services of 1 country for the goods and services of another country.

= ( e x P ) / P*

Purchasing Power Parity

= 1 = eP/P*

a theory of exchange rates whereby a unit of any given currency should be able to buy the same quantity of goods in all countries.