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  2. Balance of trade - Wikipedia

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    Balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period. [1] Sometimes a distinction is made between a balance of trade for goods versus one for services. The balance of trade measures a flow variable of exports and imports over a given period of time. The notion of the balance ...

  3. Marshall–Lerner condition - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, if the economy starts out with a trade deficit and X - eM < 0, the elasticities have to add up to more than 1 for depreciation to improve the balance of trade, because the initial harmful price effect is bigger, so the quantity responses have to be bigger to compensate. Suppose initially the US exports 60 million tons of goods to ...

  4. Current account (balance of payments) - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the sum of the balance of trade (goods and services exports minus imports), net income from abroad, and net current transfers. A positive current account balance indicates the nation is a net lender to the rest of the world, while a negative current account balance indicates that it is a net borrower from the rest of the world.

  5. Are Trade Deficits Good or Bad for the US? - AOL

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    A trade deficit occurs when a country imports more than it exports — and that’s a good thing for a national economy.Or a terrible thing. Or it might not matter one way or the other. Trade ...

  6. United States balance of trade - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Trade Balance (1895–2015) and Trade Policies. The 1920s marked a decade of economic growth in the United States following a classical supply side policy. [1] U.S. President Warren Harding signed the Emergency Tariff of 1921 and the Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922. Harding's policies reduced taxes and protected U.S. business and ...

  7. Mercantilism - Wikipedia

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    Mercantilism focused on how this trade could best aid the states. Another important change was the introduction of double-entry bookkeeping and modern accounting. This accounting made extremely clear the inflow and outflow of trade, contributing to the close scrutiny given to the balance of trade. [45]

  8. List of countries by net goods exports - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by net goods exports, also known as balance of trade, which is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period. [1] The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .

  9. Invisible balance - Wikipedia

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    In many countries a useful distinction is drawn between the balance of trade and the balance of payments. 'Balance of trade' refers to the trade of both tangible (physical) objects as well as the trade in services – collectively known as exports and imports (in other words, 'visibles plus services') – while the 'balance of payments' also includes transfers of Capital in the form of loans ...