Current Account Deficit- Switzerland (via Kanika’s Economic Blog)

The diagram below shows the current account balance in terms of percentage of GDP in Switzerland over the last 20 years. In the early 80's, Switzerland's current account balance was relatively low, indicating that it had a surplus. Over time however, Switzerland's current account balance began to increase. In the last 5 years or so, the current account balance declined significantly and it is currently about 9%. Switzerland reports a current acco … Read More

via Kanika's Economic Blog

Spain’s Current Account Deficit (via Sami’s Economics Blog)

From 1980 to 2008, Spain had a steady increase in GDP per capita. However, in 2009, the GDP per capita dropped, which means that people in the country had a lower income than the previous year. After that drop in GDP, it went back up again this year. Since the GDP in rising, it means that people can spend more money on imports. This would bring in more imports than exports, which leads to a current account deficit. ARTICLE: http://blogs.wsj.com/s … Read More

via Sami's Economics Blog

Portfolio

Definitions

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Diagrams

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Reflection

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2) Section 4 Reflection

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Collaboration

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2) Comment on peer’s blog