Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285867977
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19, Problem 3Q
Summary Introduction
To explain: The effect on the currency value and foreign investment, if the import is more than the export.
Introduction:
Import:
When a country purchases goods and services from the other country are called import.
The Import was made by the country at that time when the country had a shortage of the goods and services domestically.
Export:
When a country sells goods and services to the other country, it is called export. Export of goods and services makes the foreign surplus of the country.
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