Interlinkages of economic sectors

In an economy, the most important are the relationships of the balance of payments, which includes the main operations of the external sector of the economy, with the corresponding indicators of the domestic sector – items of national income and gross national product, the monetary sector and the public sector. In each of these accounts, […]

Types of international economic transactions

International economics deals with international economic transactions and their relationship to domestic transactions in each of the sectors of economic activity. The classification of types of international economic transactions in the SNA is close to the classification of balance of payments items, which is considered in detail in the following lectures. Crucially, according to the […]

Approaches to pricing in the global market

The world market is characterized by a multiplicity of prices. As a rule, the price of the world market is taken as the price of large systematic and sustainable export and import transactions concluded in the main centers of international trade by exporters or importers of the goods concerned on the terms of payment in […]

Problems posed by TNCs in the home country

Despite the obvious competitive advantages and high level of economic efficiency, TNCs are seen as economic agents capable of creating economic problems in both the home and host countries. The most frequent criticism of TNCs in home countries relates to accusations of domestic employment losses: foreign direct investment by TNCs abroad leads to “job exports”. […]