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Open Economy Macroeconomics

CBSE · Class 12 · Economics

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1. Meaning of an Open Economy

  • An open economy interacts with other countries through goods, services, financial assets, and labour movement.
  • Three linkages connect an open economy with the rest of the world: output market, financial market, and labour market.
  • Trade in goods and services allows consumers and producers to choose between domestic and foreign products.
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2. Balance of Payments and Current Account

  • Balance of Payments records transactions in goods, services, and assets between residents of a country and the rest of the world for a specified time period, usually a year.
  • In the older classification, BoP has two main accounts: current account and capital account.
  • In the newer BPM6 classification, BoP has three accounts: current account, financial account, and capital account.
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3. Capital Account and BoP Balance

  • Capital Account records all international transactions of assets.
  • Assets include money, stocks, bonds, and government debt.
  • Items in the capital account include FDIs, FIIs, external borrowings, and assistance.
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4. Foreign Exchange Market and Demand-Supply of Currency

  • The foreign exchange market is the market in which national currencies are traded for one another.
  • Participants include commercial banks, foreign exchange brokers, other authorised dealers, and monetary authorities.
  • The market itself is worldwide.

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