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Keeping Up with a Changing WorldChapter 1
Keeping Up with a Changing WorldTrade Flows, Capital Flows, and the Balance of PaymentsINTERNATIONAL MONETARY
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICSThird EditionJoseph P. Daniels
David D. VanHooseCopyright © South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning. All rights reserved.International Economic IntegrationInternational Economic IntegrationInternational economic integration refers to the extent and strength of real-sector and financial-sector linkages among national economies.
Real Sector: The sector of the economy engaged in the production and sale of goods and services.
Financial Sector: The sector of the economy where individuals trade in financial assets.
Though economists tend to measure activity in these two sectors separately, an important point of this chapter is to show that they are linked.
Importance of the Global Market for Goods and ServicesImportance of the Global Market for Goods and ServicesOver the last 35 years, the volume of world trade in goods and services has grown by almost 6 percent annually.
The cumulative effect of this growth is more than a five-fold increase in world trade.
As measured by the share of overall real-sector activity, world trade in goods and services has become more important to advanced and developing economies alike.Growth of World ExportsGrowth of World ExportsSOURCE: International Monetary Fund, Economic Outlook, and authors’ estimates.During the past thirty years, world trade in goods and services has exhibited positive growth rates for all but two years.Selected Nation’s TradeSelected Nation’s TradeThe global market for goods and services has become more important for individual nations. The percentage shown reflects each nation’s trade as a share of its overall economic activity.SOURCE: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics, various issues, and authors’ estimates.nullGrowth of Trade
and Foreign Exchange TransactionsCross-Border Transaction in Bonds and EquitiesCross-Border Transaction in Bonds and EquitiesIn Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom, international transactions in bonds and equities have grown by more than 3,000 percent, 1000 percent, and 700 percent respectively.SOURCE: Bank for International Settlements, International Financial Statistics, and authors’ estimates.Top Twenty Globalized NationsTop Twenty Globalized NationsIreland
Switzerland
Singapore
Netherlands
Sweden
Finland
Canada
Denmark
Austria
United KingdomNorway
United States
France
Germany
Portugal
Czech Republic
Spain
Israel
New Zealand
MalaysiaSource: Foreign PolicyThe Top Global Companies
Ranked by Foreign Assets The Top Global Companies
Ranked by Foreign Assets TransnationalityTransnationalityAre the activities of the world’s largest firms really spread out globally?
A transnationality index measures this.
It is calculated by averaging the ratios of
Foreign assets to total assets
Foreign sales to total sales
Foreign employees to total empolyees.An ExampleAn ExampleGeneral Electric, a U.S. TNC, ranks second on the list of the world’s largest non-financial TCS based on foreign assets.
Foreign assets are 159,188, total assets 437,006, foreign sales 49,528, total sales 129,853, foreign employment 145,000 and total employment 313,000.
Its TNI is only 40.3 and it does not appear on the list of the top ten TNCs by TNI. CalculationCalculationThe Top Global Companies
Based on TransnationalityThe Top Global Companies
Based on TransnationalityBalance of Payments AccountingBalance of Payments AccountingTo understand how economists measure international transactions in the real and financial sectors of an economy, and how these sectors are linked, we turn to the balance of payments (BOP) accounting system.
A system of accounts which is a subset of the National Income and Production Accounts.
A double-entry system.
Debit Entries: Transactions that generate a payment outflow (e.g., import).
Credit Entries: Transactions that generate a payment inflow (e.g., export).
Balance of PaymentsBalance of PaymentsThe current account is the broadest measure of a nation’s real sector trade.
Includes:
Goods
Services
Income Receipts and Payments
Unilateral TransfersCurrent AccountCurrent AccountGoods: Exports and imports of tangible items.
Services: Exports and imports of services, for example:
Typical business services such as banking and financial services, insurance, and consulting.
TourismCurrent AccountCurrent AccountIncome Receipts: Includes items such as
Investment income on US-owned assets abroad.
Receipts of income on US direct investment abroad.
Government income receipts
Income Payments: Includes items such as
Investment income on foreign-owned assets in the United States.
Payments of income on foreign direct investment in the United States
US Government income paymentsCurrent AccountCurrent AccountUnilateral Transfers: Includes items such as:
Government grants abroad
Private remittances
Private grants abroad
The current account balance is the sum of the debit and credit entries in the accounts just described.
A current account deficit occurs when the sum of the debit entries exceeds the sum of the credit entries. A current account surplus occurs when the sum of the credit entries exceeds the sum of the debit entries.US Current Account (2003)US Current Account (2003)Balance of Payments
The Financial SectorBalance of Payments
The Financial SectorThe Capital and Financial Account tabulates the flows of financial assets between domestic residents and foreign residents and governments.
The private capital account tabulates flows among private domestic residents and foreign private residents.
The Capital AccountThe Capital AccountThe Capital and financial Account:
Records international transactions in the financial sector.
Includes portfolio and foreign direct investment.
Includes changes in banks’ and brokers’ cash deposits that arise from international transactions.
The main accounts are:
US-Owned Assets Abroad: Increase or decrease in US ownership of foreign financial assets.
Foreign-Owned Assets in the US: Increase or decrease in foreign ownership of domestic assets.
Reserve Assets: Primarily the assets of central banks.
Portfolio and Foreign Direct InvestmentPortfolio and Foreign Direct InvestmentPortfolio Investment: Individual or business purchase of stocks, bond, or other financial assets or deposits. (An income strategy)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Purchase of financial assets that results in a 10 percent or greater ownership share. (A financial control strategy)Capital and Financial AccountCapital and Financial AccountThe Balance of Payments
The Statistical DiscrepancyThe Balance of Payments
The Statistical DiscrepancyThe sum of the debit and credit entries in all of the BOP should total zero.
Of course there are errors and omissions resulting in a non-zero balance.
An offsetting entry to this non-zero balance is made in the statistical discrepancy account.
In this way, the total of the debit and credit entries equals zero.BOP Examples
U.S. company imports an automobile valued at $50,000BOP Examples
U.S. company imports an automobile valued at $50,000BOP Examples
U.S. government sends $1 million in humanitarian supplies to AfghanistanBOP Examples
U.S. government sends $1 million in humanitarian supplies to AfghanistanBOP Examples
U.S. resident buys a UK Tbill equivalent in value to $1,000BOP Examples
U.S. resident buys a UK Tbill equivalent in value to $1,000BOP Examples
U.S. resident receives $100 in interest on a foreign asset they ownBOP Examples
U.S. resident receives $100 in interest on a foreign asset they ownBOP Examples
A Marquette University student goes to Mexico on break and spends $500BOP Examples
A Marquette University student goes to Mexico on break and spends $500BOP Examples
TotalBOP Examples
TotalNet Creditor and Net Debtor StatusNet Creditor and Net Debtor StatusA net creditor is a nation whose total claims on foreign residents exceed the total claims of foreign residents on the residents of the domestic nation.
A net debtor is a nation whose total claims on foreign residents are less than the total claims of foreign residents on the residents of the domestic nation.
It is not necessarily good nor bad to be either a net debtor or net creditor.The United States as a Net DebtorThe United States as a Net DebtorThe United States has been a net debtor at various times in its history. The United States was a net debtor in the late 1800s.SOURCE: Data from Economic Review of the federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.The Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountExpenditures Approach to National Income
National income is the sum of expenditures in the following categories; consumer expenditures, private investment expenditures, government expenditures, and net export expenditures,
y= c + ip + g + (x-m)
Let the current account, ca equal
ca = (x – m)
Then
y=c + ip + g + caThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountIncome Approach
Income has three possible uses; it can be spent on current consumption, it can be saved (private saving), and we pay taxes to the government
y= c + sp + t
Because both approaches equal national income, we can set the two identities equal:
c + sp + t = c +ip + g + ca
or, sp – ip – (g - t) = caThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountPrivate Saving
Private saving can be used to purchase three types of assets, domestic private investment, government debt (g – t) or to accumulate foreign assets (fa),
sp = ip + (g – t) + fa
where fa is the (net) accumulation of foreign assets (domestic residents’ purchases of foreign assets in excess of foreign residents’ purchases of domestic assets).
Then, by rearrangement
sp – ip – (g – t) = faThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountThe Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountPutting the two together:
ca = sp – ip – (g – t) = fa
In words, private domestic saving less private domestic investment less the fiscal balance (government saving) equals the current account balance, which also equals the (net) accumulation of foreign assets. An Example of the Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountAn Example of the Relationship Between the Current Account and the Capital AccountUsing the equality we derived,
ca = sp – ip – (g – t) = fa
Suppose a nation’s private saving rate is 5.2 percent of its total output, its private investment rate is 7.3 percent, and its fiscal budget deficit is 3.3 percent
ca = fa = 5.2 – 7.3 – 3.3 = -5.4.
In words, this nation’s residents must borrow from abroad (fa = -5.4) to finance their investment expenditures, resulting in a current account deficit in the amount of 5.4 percent of total output.