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The current account surplus is one of the main indicator in an open economy model. Using appropriate diagrams, explain the effect of increase in the world real interest on current account surplus.
Current account surplus is the exceeding of credit over debit,
where the revenue exceeds the expenditure. Current account surplus
is the situation were the greater value of export of goods and
services. Thus the country have surplus over foreign exchange. The
high level export will be increased the domestic employment level.
Lowering import will increase the demand for domestic goods in the
market. A falling interest rate will induce the investment rate and
production level. Lowering interest rate will leads to depreciation
of the domestic currency and this will make export cheaply and
import expensively. This will increase the current account. The
rising global interest rate will help the consumer save more and
this will reduce the investment rate.
If the world interest rate raises the domestic investment rate. If
the domestic interest rate rises the borrowing will be expensive.
This affects the current account surplus. The current account will
leads to current account deficit. The higher interest rate will
appreciate the value of domestic current and import become
expensive and export become cheaply. On the other hand, the rise in
interest rate will reduce the level of disposable income and also
reduce the consumption level.
If there is fall in investment rate it will affect the domestic
production sector. There is high level dependence over foreign
country through cheap import. Thus the national GDP fall down. This
fall in production will reduce the price level also. But the level
of real output remain the same.