Ch 15: Inflows, Outflows, and Restrictions: Help and Review
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Students will review:
This chapter helps students review the concepts in an Inflows, Outflows and Restrictions unit of a standard college-level principles of macroeconomics course. Topics covered include:
- Net exports, capital flows and trade balance
- Financial markets and goods markets
- Tariffs and quotas
- Trade restrictions and foreign labor

1. Net Exports, Capital Flows and Trade Balance
Learn what net exports and balance of trade are, how they are calculated, and what influences them. Explore what capital flows are in relation to net exports and trade balance and the importance of these monies in an economy.

2. Financial Markets & Goods Markets
Learn about two of the biggest markets in most economies; the financial and goods markets. Find out what financial markets are and the purpose they serve. Explore the stock market and bond market and see how they are different than the goods market.

3. Tariffs and Quotas: Effects on Imported Goods and Domestic Prices
Explore what tariffs and quotas are and what effect they can have on the supply of imported goods. Find out how these two economic tactics can influence the prices you pay for many of the everyday items you may purchase.

4. Trade Restrictions and Foreign Labor
Discover why trade restrictions are sometimes used to combat cheap foreign labor. Learn about outsourcing, job protection, and infant industry strategies.

5. Accumulated Depletion
In this lesson, we will learn about accumulated depletion. We will define the term and learn how to calculate it. The lesson will then be concluded with a summary and a quiz.
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- Comparative Advantage, Specialization and Exchange: Help and Review
- Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium: Help and Review
- Measuring the Economy: Help and Review
- Inflation Measurement and Adjustment: Help and Review
- Understanding Unemployment: Help and Review
- Aggregate Demand and Supply: Help and Review
- Macroeconomic Equilibrium: Help and Review
- Inflation and Unemployment: Help and Review
- Economic Growth and Productivity: Help and Review
- Money, Banking, and Financial Markets: Help and Review
- Central Bank and the Money Supply: Help and Review
- Fiscal and Monetary Policies: Help and Review
- Foreign Exchange and the Balance of Payments: Help and Review
- Government & the Economy: Help and Review
- The U.S. Economic System