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Section III overview
From international Micro economy to open-Macro
economy
 About macro economy target : price, growth,
employment, balance of payments, and Just
distribution.
 The core property of open-Macro economic is
how an economy can get the internal- and external
equilibrium
 What should we learn from section III?_ an
integrated model of exchange rate and output
determination
 This section comprises of 6 chapters, namely 121
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Chapter 12 National Income Accounting and
the Balance of Payments
 Introduction
 The
National Income Accounts
 National Income Accounting for an Open
Economy
 The Balance of Payment Accounts
 Summary
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Introduction

Microeconomics
 It studies the effective use of scarce resources from
the perspective of individual firms and consumers.

Macroeconomics
 It studies how economies’ overall levels of
employment, production, and growth are determined.
 It emphasizes four aspects of economic life:
 Unemployment
 Trade imbalances
 Saving
 Money and the price level
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Introduction
 The
national income accounts and the
balance of payments accounts are essential
tools for studying the macroeconomics of
open, interdependent economies.
 National income accounting
Records all the expenditures that contribute to a
country’s income and output
 Balance
of payments accounting
Helps us keep track of both changes in a
country’s indebtedness to foreigners and the
fortunes of its export- and import-competing
industries
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The National Income Accounts
 Gross
national product (GNP)国民生产
总值
The value of all final goods and services
produced by a country’s factors of production
and sold on the market in a given time period
It is the basic measure of a country’s output.
Real and nominal GNP with GNP price
inflator
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The National Income Accounts
 GNP
is calculated by adding up the market
value of all expenditures on final output:
Consumption
The amount consumed by private domestic residents
Investment
The amount put aside by private firms to build new
plant and equipment for future production
Government purchases
The amount used by the government
Current account balance
The amount of net exports of goods and services to
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foreigners
The National Income Accounts2000
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U.S. GNP and Its Components, 2003
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China`s real GDP and components
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The National Income Accounts
 National
Product and National Income
National Income
It is earned over a period by its factors of production.
It must equal the GNP a country generates over
some period of time.
One person’s spending is another’s income (i.e., total
spending must equal total income).
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The National Income Accounts

Capital Depreciation, International Transfers, and
Indirect Business Taxes
Adjustments to the definition of GNP:
Depreciation of capital
It reduces the income of capital owners.
It must be subtracted from GNP (to get the net national product).
Net unilateral transfers of income
They are part of a country’s income but are not part of its product.
They must be added to the net national product.
Indirect business taxes
They are sales taxes.
They must be subtracted from GNP.
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The National Income Accounts
 Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)
It measures the volume of production within a
country’s borders.
It equals GNP minus net receipts of factor
income from the rest of the world.
It does not correct for the portion of countries’
production carried out using services provided
by foreign-owned capital.
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy
 Consumption
The portion of GNP purchased by the private
sector to fulfill current wants
 Investment
The part of output used by private firms to
produce future output
 Government
Purchases
Any goods and services purchased by federal,
state, or local governments
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy

The National Income Identity for an Open
Economy
 It is the sum of domestic and foreign expenditure on
the goods and services produced by domestic factors
of production:
Y = C + I + G + EX – IM
(12-1)
where:
 Y is GNP
 C is consumption
 I is investment
 G is government purchases
 EX is exports
 IM is imports
 In a closed economy, EX = IM = 0.The National
Income Accounts
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China`s real GDP and components
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy
 The
Current Account and Foreign
Indebtedness
Current account (CA) balance
The difference between exports of goods and
services and imports of goods and services (CA =
EX – IM)
A country has a CA surplus when its CA > 0.
A country has a CA deficit when its CA < 0.
CA measures the size and direction of international
borrowing.
A country’s current account balance equals the change
in its net foreign wealth.
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy
CA balance is equal to the difference between
national income and domestic residents’
spending:
Y – (C+ I + G) = CA
CA balance is goods production less domestic
demand.
CA balance is the excess supply of domestic
financing.
Example: U.S. CA deficit P. 297
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Figure 12-2: The U.S. Current Account and Net Foreign Wealth Position,
1977-2003
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US Current Account As a Percentage
of GDP(1960-2004)
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美国经常项目余额（1960-2004）
billions of current dollars
100
0
-100 1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
-200
-300
-400
-500
-600
-700
year
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce
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中国经常项目余额(1984-2004)
数据来源：中国国际收支表1982-2004
CA
CA
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84
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86
19
88
19
90
19
92
19
94
19
96
19
98
20
00
20
02
20
04
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
-10000
-20000
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy
 Saving
and the Current Account
National saving (S)
The portion of output, Y, that is not devoted to
household consumption, C, or government
purchases, G.
It always equals investment in a closed economy.
A closed economy can save only by building up its capital
stock (S = I).
An open economy can save either by building up its capital
stock or by acquiring foreign wealth (S = I + CA).
A country’s CA surplus is referred to as its net
foreign investment.
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National Income Accounting
for an Open Economy
 Private
and Government Saving
Private saving (Sp)
The part of disposable income that is saved rather
than consumed
Sp = I + CA – Sg = I + CA – (T – G) = I + CA + (G
– T) (12-2)
T is the government's “income” (its net tax revenue)
Sg is government savings (T-G)
Government budget deficit (G – T)
It measures the extent to which the government is
borrowing to finance its expenditures.
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Inverse Relationship Between
Public Saving and Current Account?
US current account and public saving relative to GDP,
1960-2004
Percent of GDP
4%
2%
0%
-2%
-4%
-6%
-8%
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
current account
1985
1990
1995
2000
public saving
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中国国内储蓄、投资与外国资本流入（1984-2004）
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85
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87
19
89
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91
19
93
19
95
19
97
19
99
20
01
20
03
14000000
12000000
10000000
8000000
6000000
4000000
2000000
0
国内储蓄
投资
外国资本流入
外国资本流入数据来源于中国国际收支表，外国资本表示FDI、银行贷款及、证券
投资及短期资金之和，数据按当年汇率水平转换成人民币表示。国内储蓄、投资
（指固定资本形成）数来源于国际金融统计。
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财政赤字与经常项目(中国数据1989-2004)
数据来源:《中国统计年鉴》2005
4000.00
2000.00
2004
2002
2003
2001
1999
2000
1997
1998
1995
1996
1993
1994
1992
1990
1991
-2000.00
1989
0.00
-4000.00
财政收支差额
进出口差额
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The Balance of Payments
Accounts
 A country’s balance of payments is a summary statement

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in which all the transactions of the residents of this
country with the residents of all others are recorded
during a particular period of time
Every international transaction automatically enters the
balance of payments twice: once as a credit (+) and once
as a debit (-)_ Double –entry
The rules of entry : Any transaction which induce the
increase of foreign exchange supply and debt , the
decrease of claim enters credit(+) ; Any transaction which
induce the increase of demand for foreign exchange and
claim, the decrease of debt enters debit(-).
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The Balance of Payments Accounts

Three types of international transactions are recorded in the balance
of payments:
 CA shows the transaction of real economy, namely: Exports or
imports of goods or services, income and unilateral transfers of
goods or services
 Financial account shows up the international settlements and
transactions of financial assets; Any transaction of
international financial assets with central bank enters the
international reserve account
 Unilateral transfers of wealth between countries are recorded in
the capital account, when they are involved in the transfers
of financial assets; They are recorded in the CA, when they
are involved in the transfers of goods or service
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The Balance of Payments
Accounts
 Examples
of Paired Transactions
A U.S. citizen buys a $1000 typewriter from
an Italian company, and the Italian company
deposits the $1000 in its account at Citibank
in New York.
That is, the U.S. trades assets for goods.
This transaction creates the following two offsetting
entries in the U.S. balance of payments:
It enters the U.S. CA with a negative sign (-$1000).
(induces the increase of demand for foreign exchange)
It shows up as a $1000 credit in the U.S. financial
account. (induces the increase of debt to nonresidents)
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国际收支记账法则
一中国外贸公司进口货物，价值100万美圆，货到
后三个月付款
 一旅游公司组织新、马、泰游，向对方支付10万美
圆
 我国在海啸灾害中向受灾国捐赠2亿美圆，其中1亿
为物资
 松下公司在杭州扩大投资2000万美圆，1千万为进
口设备， 1千万为现金
 我国向世界银行借款1亿美圆
 中国银行卖给中央银行一亿美圆balance
charter.doc

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The Balance of Payments Accounts
A U.S. citizen buys a $95 newly issued share
of stock in the United Kingdom oil giant British
Petroleum (BP) by using a check drawn on
his stockbroker money market account. BP
deposits the $95 in its own U.S. bank account
at Second Bank of Chicago.
That is, the U.S. trades assets for assets.
This transaction creates the following two offsetting
entries in the U.S. balance of payments:
It enters the U.S. financial account with a negative sign (-
$95).
It shows up as a $95 credit in the U.S. financial account.
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 The
Fundamental Balance of Payments
Identity
Any international transaction automatically
gives rise to two offsetting entries in the balance
of payments resulting in a fundamental identity:
Current account + financial account + capital
account = 0 (12-3)2004
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
Table 12-2: U.S. Balance of Payments Accounts for 2000
(billions of dollars)
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
Table 12-2: Continued
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 The
Current Account, Once Again
The balance of payments accounts divide
exports and imports into three categories:
Merchandise trade
Exports or imports of goods
Services
Payments for legal assistance, tourists’ expenditures,
and shipping fees
Income
International interest and dividend payments and the
earnings of domestically owned firms operating abroad
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 The
Capital Account
It records asset transfers and tends to be
small for the United States.
 The
Financial Account
It measures the difference between sales of
assets to foreigners and purchases of assets
located abroad.
Financial inflow (capital inflow)
A loan from the foreigners with a promise that they will be
repaid
Financial outflow (capital outflow)
A transaction involving the purchase of an asset from
foreigners
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 The
Statistical Discrepancy
Data associated with a given transaction may
come from different sources that differ in
coverage, accuracy, and timing.
This makes the balance of payments accounts
seldom balance in practice.
Account keepers force the two sides to balance by
adding to the accounts a statistical discrepancy.
It is very difficult to allocate this discrepancy
among the current, capital, and financial accounts.
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 Official
Reserve Transactions
Central bank
The institution responsible for managing the supply
of money
Official international reserves
Foreign assets held by central banks as a cushion
against national economic misfortune
Official foreign exchange intervention
Central banks often buy or sell international
reserves in private asset markets to affect
macroeconomic conditions in their economies.
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
Official settlements balance (balance of
payments)
The book-keeping offset to the balance of official
reserve transactions
It is the sum of the current account balance, the capital
account balance, the nonreserve portion of the financial
account balance, and the statistical discrepancy.
Example: The U.S. balance of payments in 2000 was -$35.6
billion, that is, the balance of official reserve transactions with
its sign reversed.balance charter.doc
A country with a negative balance of payments may
signal that it is running down its international reserve
assets or incurring debts to foreign monetary authorities.
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The Balance of Payments Accounts
 Case
Study: Is the United States the
World’s Biggest Debtor?
At the end of 1999, the United States had a
negative net foreign wealth position far greater
than that of any other single country.
The United States is the world’s biggest debtor.
However, the United States has the world’s
largest GNP.
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图 中国对外收支不平衡的扩大与外汇
储备的增加

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中国案例:外汇储备如何运用?

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Summary
 A country’s
GNP is equal to the income
received by its factors of production.
GDP is equal to GNP less net receipts of factor
income from abroad, measures the output
produced within a country’s territorial borders.
 In
a closed economy, GNP must be
consumed, invested, or purchased by the
government.
In an open economy, GNP equals the sum of
consumption, investment, government
purchases, and net exports of goods and
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Summary
 The
capital account records asset transfers
and tends to be small in the United States.
 Any current account deficit must be matched
by an equal surplus in the other two
accounts of the balance of payments, and
any current account surplus by a deficit
somewhere else.
 International asset transactions carried out
by central banks are included in the financial47
Summary
 All
transactions between a country and the
rest of the world are recorded in its
balance of payments accounts.
 The current account equals the country’s
net lending to foreigners.
National saving equals domestic investment
plus the current account.
Transactions involving goods and services
appear in the current account of the balance
of payments, while international sales or
purchases of assets appear in the financial
account.
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Readings
 王月溪“解读中国国际收支平衡表：结构特
征、形成动因、调整方向及政策建议”《管
理世界》2003年4期
 方文“对国际收支危机传染的比较研究”
《世界经济》2000年6期
 王一萱“资本项目国际收支危机与东南亚金
融危机”《国际金融研究》2001年10期
 杨柳勇“中国国际收支的超前结构：特征、
形成原因、变动趋势和调整方向”
《世界经济》2002年11期
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