The value of a country's currency depends on the overall economy of the country. This includes manufacturing, foreign investments, employment, trade balance and many other economic indicators. All of ...

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Spring, 2008), pp. 409-433 (25 pages) Less than 20 years ago, the Irish economy was tired and sluggish, suffering from double-digit unemployment ...

The balance of payments is the record of all transactions between a country and the rest of the world. Defined as simply as possible, the balance of payments is broken down into the current account ...

This study applies the balance-of-payments-constrained growth (BPCG) model to India, a large developing country with a relatively low trade to gross domestic product ratio. Rather than assuming ...

The countries of the European periphery are experiencing a balance of payments crisis stemming from persistent current account deficits and sharply lower private capital inflows, a condition known as ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The IMF’s surveillance cycle for China is wrapping up, and at least judging from ...