Tag: exports
Hard Currency
What is 'Hard Currency'
Hard currency is a currency widely accepted around the world as a form of payment for goods and services. A hard...
Import And Export Prices
What is 'Import And Export Prices' Two indexes that monitor the prices of imports and exports in the United States. The import...
Balance Of Trade (BOT)
What is 'Balance Of Trade - BOT' The balance of trade (BOT) is the difference between a country's imports and its exports...
Gas Exporting Countries Forum – GECF
DefinitionThe Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an intergovernmental organization of 16 member states that 11 of the world's leading natural gas producers made up...
Import
What is an 'Import' An import is a good or service brought into one country from another. The word "import" is derived...
Japan ETFs
What is 'Japan ETFs' A type of exchange-traded fund that invests the majority of its assets in Japanese equities that trade on...
J-Curve Effect
DefinitionA J curve is any of a variety of J-shaped diagrams where a curve initially falls, then steeply rises above the starting point. J-Curve...
J Curve
What is 'J Curve' A theory stating that a country's trade deficit will worsen initially after the depreciation of its currency because...
CAD
What is 'CAD' What currency is CAD? CAD is the currency abbreviation or currency symbol for the Canadian dollar (CAD). The Canadian...
IMF Nonfuel Commodity Index
What is the IMF Nonfuel Commodity Index
The Index is a weighted average of a broad basket of nonfuel commodities. The index was first published...