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Ch7:International Monetary and Finance Structure
International Political Economy
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Economics
Undergraduate 4
02/18/2013

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Term
foreign exchange rates / currency exchange rates
Definition
Necessary because there is no international currency
Term
hard currency
Definition
Money issued by large countries with reliable and predictably stable economies
Term
soft currency
Definition
-not widely accepted
-usually limited to home country or region
Term
appreaciation
Definition
Value rises against another currency
Term
depreciation
Definition
When a currency depreciated against another currency:
-It's value lowers
-Other currency appreciates
-It's exports become cheaper

A currency can depreciate because of a lower demand for the currency
Term
central bank
Definition
buy and sell enough of its own currency to alter exchange rate
Term
speculation
Definition
betting that value or market price will go up
Term
gold standard
Definition
-existed until the end of WWI
-fixed-exchange rate
-fixed/pegged
Term
fixed exchange rate system
Definition
gold standard
Term
balance of payments
Definition
Current account & capital/financial account
Term
sovereign wealth funds SWFs
Definition
generated from international transactions
Term
managed float
Definition
-flexible exchange-rate system
-currency value more easily determined by market forces
-Three Foreign Rate Exchange Systems
Term
Capital Controls
Definition
Government rules and regulations that seek to limit/control inflows and outflows of money
-maintain oder
-prevent financial and foreignexchange instability
Term
Plaza Accord
Definition
committed G5 states to work together to realign the dollar to depreciate in order to raise interest rates in other countries
Term
Mundell Trilemma
Definition
States want 3 things at the same time:
1)monetary autonomy
2) international capital mobility
3) stable exchange rates
Term
stag hunt
Definition
act in own interest or save group
Term
monetary policy
Definition
-Controlled by Central Banks
-Changing interests rates
-changing money supply
Term
fiscal policy
Definition
-Controlled by government
-taxes
-government expenditures
Term
G5
Definition
Great Britain
US
West Germany
France
Japan
Term
current account
Definition
-exports
-payment on investmnts
-balance of payment deficit=negative balance in current account
Term
capital/finance account
Definition
-foreign direct investment
-sell assets (Disney, Rockefeller)
-borrow
Term
Bretton Woods System – 1944
Definition
fixed exchange rates (flexible)

Three Foreign Rate Exchange Systems
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