Trade: Why Do Nations Trade?
Visualize key components of international trade.
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46-60 min
AP Macro Lecture Guide: Balance of Payments
OVERVIEW
In this interactive lecture guide, students categorize transactions in the current account and the capital and financial account. Then students analyze the balance of payments to calculate the balance of trade and identify the impacts on the economy.
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