Ch. 2 International Finance

Business finance

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Balance of payments
A summary of transactions between domestic and foreign residents for a specific country over a specified period of time which is normally a year
Generate credits for a country's balance
Inflow of funds
Outflows of funds generate
Debits
IMF- international monetary fund
Located in Washington, DC along with the world bank
Head of IMF (French)
Christine Lacard
Current account
Summarizes the flow of funds between one specified country and all other countries due to purchases of goods or services or the provision of income on financial assets
Key components of the current account
Balance of tradefactor incometransfer payments
Capital account
Summarizes the flow of funds resulting from the sale of assets between one specified country and all other countries
Key components of the capital account/financial account
Direct foreign investmentportfolio investmentother capital investmentomissions
Capital account
Compares new foreign investments made by a country with the foreign investments within a country over a period of time
Balance of trade
Difference between total exports and imports
Direct foreign investment
Represents the investment in fixed assets in foreign countries that can be used to conduct business operations (acquisition of a foreign company)
Trade volume of a European country
30-40% of its GDP
Trade volume of the U.S. and Japan
Between 10-20% of GDP
Canada
Most U.S. exports go to