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3232A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open
Economy
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Open Economies
• An open economy is one that interacts freely with other economies around the world.
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Key Macroeconomic Variables in an Open Economy
• The important macroeconomic variables of an open economy include:• net exports • net foreign investment• nominal exchange rates• real exchange rates
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Basic Assumptions of a Macroeconomic Model of an Open Economy
• The model takes the economy’s GDP as given.• The model takes the economy’s price level as
given.
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR LOANABLE FUNDS AND FOR
FOREIGN-CURRENCY EXCHANGE• The Market for Loanable Funds
S = I + NCO• At the equilibrium interest rate, the amount that
people want to save exactly balances the desired quantities of investment and net capital outflows.
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The Market for Loanable Funds
• The supply of loanable funds comes from national saving (S).
• The demand for loanable funds comes from domestic investment (I) and net capital outflows (NCO).
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The Market for Loanable Funds
• The supply and demand for loanable funds depend on the real interest rate.
• A higher real interest rate encourages people to save and raises the quantity of loanable funds supplied.
• The interest rate adjusts to bring the supply and demand for loanable funds into balance.
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Figure 1 The Market for Loanable Funds
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Quantity ofLoanable Funds
RealInterest
RateSupply of loanable funds
(from national saving)
Demand for loanablefunds (for domesticinvestment and net
capital outflow)
Equilibriumquantity
Equilibriumreal interest
rate
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The Market for Loanable Funds
• At the equilibrium interest rate, the amount that people want to save exactly balances the desired quantities of domestic investment and net foreign investment.
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The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
• The two sides of the foreign-currency exchange market are represented by NCO and NX.
• NCO represents the imbalance between the purchases and sales of capital assets.
• NX represents the imbalance between exports and imports of goods and services.
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The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
• In the market for foreign-currency exchange, U.S. dollars are traded for foreign currencies.
• For an economy as a whole, NCO and NX must balance each other out, or:
NCO = NX
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The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
• The price that balances the supply and demand for foreign-currency is the real exchange rate.
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The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
• The demand curve for foreign currency is downward sloping because a higher exchange rate makes domestic goods more expensive.
• The supply curve is vertical because the quantity of dollars supplied for net capital outflow is unrelated to the real exchange rate.
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Figure 2 The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
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Quantity of Dollars Exchangedinto Foreign Currency
RealExchange
RateSupply of dollars
(from net capital outflow)
Demand for dollars(for net exports)
Equilibriumquantity
Equilibriumreal exchange
rate
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The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
• The real exchange rate adjusts to balance the supply and demand for dollars.
• At the equilibrium real exchange rate, the demand for dollars to buy net exports exactly balances the supply of dollars to be exchanged into foreign currency to buy assets abroad.
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EQUILIBRIUM IN THE OPEN ECONOMY
• In the market for loanable funds, supply comes from national saving and demand comes from domestic investment and net capital outflow.
• In the market for foreign-currency exchange, supply comes from net capital outflow and demand comes from net exports.
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EQUILIBRIUM IN THE OPEN ECONOMY
• Net capital outflow links the loanable funds market and the foreign-currency exchange market.• The key determinant of net capital outflow is the
real interest rate.
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Figure 3 How Net Capital Outflow Depends on the Interest Rate
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0 Net CapitalOutflow
Net capital outflowis negative.
Net capital outflowis positive.
RealInterest
Rate
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EQUILIBRIUM IN THE OPEN ECONOMY
• Prices in the loanable funds market and the foreign-currency exchange market adjust simultaneously to balance supply and demand in these two markets.
• As they do, they determine the macroeconomic variables of national saving, domestic investment, net foreign investment, and net exports.
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Figure 4 The Real Equilibrium in an Open Economy
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(a) The Market for Loanable Funds (b) Net Capital Outflow
Net capitaloutflow, NCO
RealInterest
Rate
RealInterest
Rate
(c) The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
Quantity ofDollars
Quantity ofLoanable Funds
Net CapitalOutflow
RealExchange
RateSupply
Supply
Demand
Demand
r r
E
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HOW POLICIES AND EVENTS AFFECT AN OPEN ECONOMY
• The magnitude and variation in important macroeconomic variables depend on the following:• Government budget deficits• Trade policies• Political and economic stability
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Government Budget Deficits
• In an open economy, government budget deficits . . . • reduce the supply of loanable funds,• drive up the interest rate,• crowd out domestic investment,• cause net foreign investment to fall.
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Figure 5 The Effects of Government Budget Deficit
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(a) The Market for Loanable Funds (b) Net Capital Outflow
RealInterest
Rate
RealInterest
Rate
(c) The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
Quantity ofDollars
Quantity ofLoanable Funds
Net CapitalOutflow
RealExchange
Rate
Demand
Demand
r2
NCO
SS
S S
r2B
E1
r rA
1. A budget deficit reducesthe supply of loanable funds . . .
2. . . . which increasesthe real interestrate . . .
4. The decreasein net capitaloutflow reducesthe supply of dollarsto be exchangedinto foreigncurrency . . .
5. . . . which causes thereal exchange rate toappreciate.
3. . . . which inturn reducesnet capitaloutflow.
E2
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Government Budget Deficits
• Effect of Budget Deficits on the Loanable Funds Market• A government budget deficit reduces national
saving, which . . .• shifts the supply curve for loanable funds to the left,
which . . .• raises interest rates.
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Government Budget Deficits
• Effect of Budget Deficits on Net Foreign Investment• Higher interest rates reduce net foreign investment.
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Government Budget Deficits
• Effect on the Foreign-Currency Exchange Market• A decrease in net foreign investment reduces the
supply of dollars to be exchanged into foreign currency.
• This causes the real exchange rate to appreciate.
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Trade Policy
• A trade policy is a government policy that directly influences the quantity of goods and services that a country imports or exports. • Tariff: A tax on an imported good.• Import quota: A limit on the quantity of a good
produced abroad and sold domestically.
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Trade Policy
• Because they do not change national saving or domestic investment, trade policies do not affect the trade balance.• For a given level of national saving and domestic
investment, the real exchange rate adjusts to keep the trade balance the same.
• Trade policies have a greater effect on microeconomic than on macroeconomic markets.
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Trade Policy
• Effect of an Import Quota• Because foreigners need dollars to buy U.S. net
exports, there is an increased demand for dollars in the market for foreign-currency.
• This leads to an appreciation of the real exchange rate.
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Trade Policy
• Effect of an Import Quota• There is no change in the interest rate because
nothing happens in the loanable funds market.• There will be no change in net exports. • There is no change in net foreign investment even
though an import quota reduces imports.
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Trade Policy
• Effect of an Import Quota• An appreciation of the dollar in the foreign
exchange market encourages imports and discourages exports.
• This offsets the initial increase in net exports due to import quota.
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Figure 6 The Effects of an Import Quota
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(a) The Market for Loanable Funds (b) Net Capital Outflow
RealInterest
Rate
RealInterest
Rate
(c) The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
Quantity ofDollars
Quantity ofLoanable Funds
Net CapitalOutflow
RealExchange
Rate
r r
Supply
Supply
DemandNCO
D
D
3. Net exports,however, remainthe same.
2. . . . and causes thereal exchange rate to appreciate.
E
E2
1. An importquota increasesthe demand fordollars . . .
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Trade Policy
• Effect of an Import Quota• Trade policies do not affect the trade balance.
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Political Instability and Capital Flight
• Capital flight is a large and sudden reduction in the demand for assets located in a country.
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Political Instability and Capital Flight
• Capital flight has its largest impact on the country from which the capital is fleeing, but it also affects other countries.
• If investors become concerned about the safety of their investments, capital can quickly leave an economy.
• Interest rates increase and the domestic currency depreciates.
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Political Instability and Capital Flight
• When investors around the world observed political problems in Mexico in 1994, they sold some of their Mexican assets and used the proceeds to buy assets of other countries.
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Political Instability and Capital Flight
• This increased Mexican net capital outflow.• The demand for loanable funds in the loanable
funds market increased, which increased the interest rate.
• This increased the supply of pesos in the foreign-currency exchange market.
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Figure 7 The Effects of Capital Flight
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(a) The Market for Loanable Funds in Mexico (b) Mexican Net Capital Outflow
RealInterest
Rate
RealInterest
Rate
(c) The Market for Foreign-Currency Exchange
Quantity ofPesos
Quantity ofLoanable Funds
Net CapitalOutflow
RealExchange
Rate
r1 r1
D1
D2
E
Demand
S S2
Supply
NCO2NCO1
1. An increase in net capitaloutflow. . .
3. . . . which increasesthe interestrate.
2. . . . increases the demandfor loanable funds . . .
4. At the sametime, the increasein net capitaloutflowincreases thesupply of pesos . . . 5. . . . which
causes thepeso todepreciate.
r2 r2
E
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Summary
• To analyze the macroeconomics of open economies, two markets are central—the market for loanable funds and the market for foreign-currency exchange.
• In the market for loanable funds, the interest rate adjusts to balance supply for loanable funds (from national saving) and demand for loanable funds (from domestic investment and net capital outflow).
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Summary
• In the market for foreign-currency exchange, the real exchange rate adjusts to balance the supply of dollars (for net capital outflow) and the demand for dollars (for net exports).
• Net capital outflow is the variable that connects the two markets.
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Summary
• A policy that reduces national saving, such as a government budget deficit, reduces the supply of loanable funds and drives up the interest rate.
• The higher interest rate reduces net capital outflow, reducing the supply of dollars.
• The dollar appreciates, and net exports fall.
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Summary
• A trade restriction increases net exports and increases the demand for dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange.
• As a result, the dollar appreciates in value, making domestic goods more expensive relative to foreign goods.
• This appreciation offsets the initial impact of the trade restrictions on net exports.
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Summary
• When investors change their attitudes about holding assets of a country, the ramifications for the country’s economy can be profound.
• Political instability in a country can lead to capital flight.
• Capital flight tends to increase interest rates and cause the country’s currency to depreciate.