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2/13/2017 1 International Economics Day 3 Douglas J Young Professor Emeritus – MSU [email protected] Summary Day 2-1 Trade and Technological Advance Make us Better Off via Lower Prices/Higher Wages But CHANGES in Trade and Technology Result in Layoffs as Well as Opportunities Workers Must CHANGE Jobs, possibly by Changing Location and Skills Summary Day 2-2 Employment and Wages have Declined for Lower Income Americans. Causes: Lower Demand for Less Skilled Workers (Technology, Trade) Lower Supply (“Willing and Able”) of Less Skilled Workers (Disability, Health and Other Income Transfers, Lack Modern Skills, Incarceration, Unwillingness to Move, Drug Addiciton…) Solution? Better Education (of course) Summary Day 2-3 Barriers to Imports (Quotas, Tariffs, etc) Increase Domestic Prices: Domestic Producers Gain Domestic Consumers Lose Government Revenue (Tariff) Net Loss to Country Barriers are Difficult to Remove because Producer Gains are Concentrated on a Few, Large, Organized Groups who Lobby Effectively Gains & Losses from Trade Barriers - 1990 Industry Consu mers - Produce r + Net Loss Loss/Job Saved Sugar $1.4B $0.8B $0.6B $257K Shipping $1.8B $1.3B $0.6B $126K Apparel $21.2B $9.9B $7.7B $51K M Tools $0.5B $0.2B $0.4B $247K Federal Reserve Bank St Louis 2002 Summary Day 2-4 Negotiations by Groups of Countries covering Many Goods and Services (GATT, NAFTA, WTO) have Greatly Reduced Trade Barriers since WWII Commerce Clause of US Constitution Prohibits Barriers to Interstate Trade Negotiations have Also Facilitated Capital Flows (Next Week)

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International EconomicsDay 3

Douglas J YoungProfessor Emeritus – MSU

[email protected]

Summary Day 2-1

• Trade and Technological Advance Make us Better Off via Lower Prices/Higher Wages

• But CHANGES in Trade and Technology Result in Layoffs as Well as Opportunities

• Workers Must CHANGE Jobs, possibly by Changing Location and Skills

Summary Day 2-2• Employment and Wages have Declined

for Lower Income Americans. Causes:• Lower Demand for Less Skilled Workers

(Technology, Trade)• Lower Supply (“Willing and Able”) of Less

Skilled Workers (Disability, Health and Other Income Transfers, Lack Modern Skills, Incarceration, Unwillingness to Move, Drug Addiciton…)

• Solution? Better Education (of course)

Summary Day 2-3

• Barriers to Imports (Quotas, Tariffs, etc) Increase Domestic Prices:

• Domestic Producers Gain• Domestic Consumers Lose• Government Revenue (Tariff)• Net Loss to Country

• Barriers are Difficult to Remove because Producer Gains are Concentrated on a Few, Large, Organized Groups who Lobby Effectively

Gains & Losses from Trade Barriers - 1990

Industry Consumers -

Producer +

Net Loss Loss/Job Saved

Sugar $1.4B $0.8B $0.6B $257K

Shipping $1.8B $1.3B $0.6B $126K

Apparel $21.2B $9.9B $7.7B $51K

M Tools $0.5B $0.2B $0.4B $247K

Federal Reserve Bank St Louis 2002

Summary Day 2-4• Negotiations by Groups of Countries

covering Many Goods and Services (GATT, NAFTA, WTO) have Greatly Reduced Trade Barriers since WWII

• Commerce Clause of US Constitution Prohibits Barriers to Interstate Trade

• Negotiations have Also Facilitated Capital Flows (Next Week)

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“Buy Local”

• What is being “Imported?”• Who is the “Consumer?”• Who is the “Foreign Producer?”• Who is the “Domestic Producer?”• Who “Lobbied” the Chronicle?

Outline: Days 3 & 41. What are exchange rates?2. How do exchange rates affect trade?What have the Chinese been doing to their exchange rate? Why? What are the consequences?3. What is the Balance of Payments?4. How are Exchange Rates Determined?5. What is a International Financial Crisis

and How/Why do Crises Occur?

US – Euro Exchange Rate 1. What are Exchange Rates?

• Exchange Rates are the prices at which the monies of different countries are exchanged.

• May be quoted two ways:$1.25/€1 is the same as €0.80/$1

• That is, $1.25/€1 = 1/(€0.80/$1)

Japanese Yen per Dollar Appreciation and Depreciation

• Appreciation: Increase in the value of a currency

• Depreciation: Decrease in the value of a currency

• Note: Not only “currency” in a literal sense; most transactions are in bank deposits

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Appreciation/Depreciation 2. How do Exchange Rates Affect Trade?

• An appreciation of a country’s currency:• Makes its Exports more Expensive to

Foreigners, and • Makes Foreign goods (Imports)

Cheaper to its Residents

Car Prices - 1 Ford Focus Toyota Corolla

Exchange Rate

¥100/

$1

¥100/

$1

In US $20 K

In JPN ¥2 M

Car Prices - 2

Ford Focus Toyota Corolla

Exchange Rate

¥100/

$1

¥100/

$1

In US $20 K $20 K=2M/100

In JPN ¥2 M=20K*100

¥2 M

Car Prices - 3

Ford Focus Toyota Corolla

Exchange Rate

¥100/

$US

¥200/

$US

¥100/

$US

¥200/

$US

In US $20 K $20 K $20 K

In JPN ¥2 M ¥2 M ¥2 M

Car Prices - 4

Ford Focus Toyota Corolla

Exchange Rate

¥100/

$1

¥200/

$1

¥100/

$1

¥200/

$1

In US $20 K $20 K $20 K $10 K

In JPN ¥2 M ¥4 M ¥2 M ¥2 M

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2. How do Exchange Rates Affect Trade?

• Appreciation of a Country’s Currency:• Makes its exports more expensive to

foreigners, so exports fall• Makes foreign goods cheaper to its

residents, so imports rise• Thus, Net Exports = Exports – Imports are

negatively related to a country’s exchange rate

Net Exports – Exchange Rate

-6.0%

-5.0%

-4.0%

-3.0%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Real

Net

Exp

orts

(% o

f RG

DP)

Real

Exc

hang

e Ra

te (1

973=

100)

Exchange Rate Net Exports

Correlation = -0.19

The Chinese – Part I

• The Chinese WERE keeping the value of their currency low 1995-2013 Their exports were less expensive to

foreigners (e.g. Chinese goods in USA) Their imports were more expensive to

them (e.g. oil imports into China) China’s trade surplus was higher than it

otherwise would be

Chinese Yuan per Dollar

International Trade and American Jobs

Douglas J. YoungProfessor Emeritus

Montana State University

Does Trade Cause Job Losses?

• Popular Idea• “If we made it

ourselves, more people would be employed.”

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Trade and Jobs in Economic Theory

• Jobs are Created in Export Industries and Lost in Import-Competing Industries

• No Long Run Effect on Employment or Unemployment

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Perc

ent

of G

DP Imports

Exports

BEA

Internationalization of the US Economy

Does a Trade Deficit Cause Job Losses?

• Trade Deficit: Imports > Exports• Common Sense: “More Jobs are Lost to

Imports than are Gained from Exports”• Economics: “No, Even a Trade Deficit

Does Not Affect Employment in the Long Term”

Balance of Payments

• Current Account = Exports minus Imports plus Miscellaneous

• Capital Account = Foreign Investments in US Assets minus US Investments Abroad

• Current Account + Capital Account = 0

US Balance of Payments, 2013$Billions

Current Account Capital (Financial) Account

Exports -Imports

-462Net Capital Inflow

+389

Income & Transfers

+95Statistical Discrepancy

-24

TOTAL -367 TOTAL +366

BEA Int’l Transactions Feb 13, 2017

Why Balance?

• Suppose you buy a toaster from China for $20, i.e. ∆ Imports = $20 => ∆ US Current Account = -$20.

• What happens to the $20?• China buys $20 worth of wheat from USA

=> ∆ Exports = ∆ Imports => ∆ Net Exports = 0

• China buys $20 US Treasury Bond => ∆ Capital Inflow = +$20

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CHN Balance of Payments 2011 $Billions

Current AccountCapital (Financial)

Account

Exports -Imports

188Capital Inflow

-237

Income & Transfers

14Statistical Discrepancy

35

TOTAL 202 TOTAL -202

IMF – IFS March 20, 2013IMF

IMF

When Foreigners Invest in the US, They …

• Provide Funds to Capital Markets to Finance:

• New Structures and Equipment• New Housing

And/Or• Build Factories ThemselvesEither Way,• Domestic Investment (I) Increases

I = S + Capital Account

• I = Investment in Domestic Structures and Equipment

• S = Domestic Savings• Capital Account = Net Inflow of

Investment Funds from Abroad

US Saving, Investment, and Net Capital Inflow into the US

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Perc

ent

of G

DP

Savings Investment Net Capital Inflow

BEA

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-10

-5

0

5

10

15

1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010Perc

ent o

f GD

P

US Saving RatesPersonal Business Government

Capital Inflow Creates Jobs

• in Construction and Other Industries that Produce New Structures and Equipment

Two Theories

“Common Sense”• Trade Deficit =>• Fewer Jobs and/or• Higher

Unemployment

Economic• Trade Deficit =>• Change in Mix of

Jobs, but• No Change in

Employment or Unemployment

US Trade Balance

0.1

-5.7-6

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

1959 2006

Pe

rce

nt

of

GD

P

BEA

US Labor Market

5.5%

56.2%

4.6%

63.1%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Unemployment Rate Employment/Population

1959 2006

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Unemployment and Trade

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Perc

ent o

f Lab

or F

orce

or G

DP

Unemployment Rate Trade Deficit

Correlation = -0.38

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Conclusion:

• Economic Theory Wins!• Yes, trade changes the mix of jobs in the

economy, and thus increases transitional unemployment.

• But over the long run, there is no evidence that trade reduces overall employment or increases unemployment.

So, Is Everything “Peachy-Keen?”

1. Trade Deficits are a Symptom of Low Saving in the US – Too Low?

2. Some Workers and Businesses are Hurt by Trade – Just as they are hurt by changes in tastes, technology, etc.