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BALANCE EXTERNAL PAYMENTS [6 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

... the British economy has been subject to the much criticized "stop-go" policy of imposing restrictions on demand when a balance of payments crisis appears, and easing them when unemployment figures rise and perhaps before the external difficulties have been removed, so that another crisis soon recurs.(Seldon, Arthur and F. G. Pennance, Everyman's Dict. of Economics, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975, p. 23).

Key term(s)
  • stop and go

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

Alternative brutale de mesures destinées à provoquer tantôt le freinage, tantôt l'accélération de l'activité économique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
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Record 2 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
DEF

The International Monetary Fund(IMF) is an international organization, formed at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, to maintain monetary stability in the world community. The IMF works closely with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(the World Bank), but directs its attention toward payment of external debts owed by countries with balance of payments deficits, rather than project financing. The IMF makes loans in the form of drawings(special drawing rights, SDRs) by member countries.

OBS

Title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
DEF

Le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) est un organisme fondé dans le but de promouvoir la coopération monétaire internationale, de faciliter l'expansion harmonieuse du commerce international et de promouvoir la stabilité des changes.

OBS

Appellation tirée du document «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
DEF

Una de las instituciones creadas en Bretton Woods en 1944. Es el organismo de las Naciones Unidas para la cooperación monetaria y el comercio internacional. Se basó en un sistema de patrón de cambios-oro, en el cual todas las monedas de los socios debían ser convertibles al dólar, siéndolo éste a su vez al oro a un precio fijo. Entre 1948 y 1973 el FMI aseguró la estabilidad de los tipos de cambio, hasta que los cambios flotantes se generalizaron tras la segunda devaluación del dólar (1973). El FMI, que tiene su sede en Washington, facilita recursos en forma de créditos automáticos (girando cada país sobre su propia cuota), créditos stand-by, etc., a sus socios, para hacer frente a sus dificultades monetarias. Desde 1968 emite los derechos especiales de giro.

OBS

Extraido de "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", con la autorización UNESCO.

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Record 3 2006-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

The scope of the government's fiscal operations table includes the general budget and the special accounts of the Treasury... The government's basic primary fiscal balance is equal to total revenue excluding grants, minus total expenditure(including net credit) excluding interest payments and capital expenditure financed with external resources. It is measured on the basis of the budget execution reported every month in the government financial operations table prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

Sont inclus dans le périmètre du [tableau des opérations financières de l'État] TOFE : le budget général, les comptes spéciaux du Trésor [...]. Le solde budgétaire primaire de base de l'État est égal aux recettes totales hors dons moins les dépenses totales (y compris les prêts nets) hors intérêts sur la dette et hors dépenses d'investissements financés sur ressources extérieures. Il est évalué sur la base des résultats de l'exécution du budget établie chaque mois dans le TOFE préparé par le Ministère en charge des finances.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

The ratings are based on an evaluation of a number of macroeconomic, financial, and political variables, including a country's economic growth rate, its current account balance relative to GDP, and various ratios-savings to investment, external debt to GDP, debt-service payments to GDP, and interest payments to GDP.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
CONT

Les cotes reposent sur une série de variables macroéconomiques, financières et politiques telles que le taux de croissance de l'économie et divers ratios : solde extérieur courant/PIB, épargne/investissement, dette extérieure/PIB, service de la dette/PIB, paiements d'intérêts/PIB.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
CONT

Las clasificaciones se basan en una evaluación de diversas variables macroeconómicas, financieras y políticas, incluidas la tasa de crecimiento económico del país, la balanza en cuenta corriente en relación con el PIB y la razón entre el ahorro y la inversión, entre la deuda externa y el PIB, entre los pagos de servicio de la deuda y el PIB, y entre los pagos de intereses y el PIB.

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Record 5 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • National and International Economics
  • National Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
Key term(s)
  • external payment balance
  • balance of external payments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
Key term(s)
  • balance du paiement extérieur

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Translation (General)
  • Phraseology
CONT

Estimates of Iranian balance of payments vary widely. External debt data vary widely with estimates of total debt ranging from US$11bn to US$30bn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Les évaluations de la balance des paiements de l'Iran varient considérablement. Il en va de même pour la dette totale, qui oscille entre 11 et 30 milliards de dollars US.

Spanish

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