negative balance of trade
1Balance of trade — Cumulative Current Account Balance 1980–2008 based on the International Monetary Fund data …
2Balance of trade — Net flow of goods (exports minus imports) between countries. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * balance of trade ˌbalance of ˈtrade noun [singular] ECONOMICS 1. the part of a country s balance of payments that relates to the value of… …
3balance of trade — net flow of goods (exports minus imports) between two countries. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The difference between a country s imports and exports. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * balance of trade ˌbalance of ˈtrade noun [singular] …
4Trade Deficit — An economic measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country s imports exceeds its exports. A trade deficit represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets. Economic theory dictates that a trade deficit is not necessarily a …
5trade deficit — noun A negative balance of trade. Ant: trade surplus …
6negative — neg‧a‧tive [ˈnegətɪv] adjective 1. bad or harmful: • The Bank s refusal to cut interest rates is having a negative effect on the economy. 2. saying or meaning no : • a negative response 3. considering only the bad qualities of a situation, person …
7Trade credit — exists when one firm provides goods or services to a customer with an agreement to bill them later, or receive a shipment or service from a supplier under an agreement to pay them later. It can be viewed as an essential element of capitalization… …
8balance — the amount of money remaining in an account. The total of your money in the bank after accounting for all transactions (deposits and withdrawals) is called a balance . Glossary of Business Terms A division of a Securities Account, of a type… …
9Negative income tax — Part of a series on Government Public finance …
10trade — The act or the business of buying and selling for money; traffic; barter. May v. Sloan, 101 U.S. 231, 25 L.Ed. 797. Purchase and sale of goods and services between businesses, states or nations. Trade is not a technical word and is ordinarily… …
