Current account: Records the flow of goods, services, investment income, and net transfers between a country and the rest of the world.
How to apply it: Identify exports, imports, and net income from abroad as components of the current account, and connect a trade deficit to a current account deficit.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Open Economy: International Trade and Finance
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