International economics

International economics

International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.

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Short-term

Economy; International economics

1. Happening within the short run, or within a matter of months. 2. In the case of bonds or capital flows, this refers to financial assets with a maturity of less than one year.

Short-term capital flow

Economy; International economics

A capital flow that is short-term; of interest because such capital flows are likely to be very liquid and therefore easily reversed and sources of instability in exchange markets.

Shrimp-turtle case

Economy; International economics

A case filed in the WTO against the United States for restricting imports of shrimp from countries whose shrimp were caught by means that endangered sea turtles. The WTO ruled against the U. S. , ...

A monetary system in which the value of a currency is defined in terms of silver. If two currencies are both on a silver standard, then the exchange rate between them is approximately determined by ...

Single global currency

Economy; International economics

A proposal that the world should share a single currency, managed by a single international central bank.

Swan diagram

Economy; International economics

A diagram illustrating the conflict between internal balance and external balance as they respond to its fiscal deficit and its costs relative to the world (and thus its exchange rate. ) Due to Swan ...

Swap

Economy; International economics

1. In exchange markets, this is a simultaneous sale of a currency on the spot market together with a purchase of the same amount on the forward market. By combining these two transactions into a ...