Sentence examples for foreign balance from inspiring English sources

America's foreign balance swung from a $23.4 billion deficit in the fourth quarter of 1990 to a $10.2 billion surplus in the first quarter of 1991.

While most European countries and Canada have invested in mass transit to reduce energy consumption, we continue to do nothing, and now we buy 60 percent of our oil from external sources and our foreign balance of payments is out of control.

This is because international corporations use the latest exchange rate to translate their foreign balance sheets.

Global imbalances are thought to be at the heart of many of our current global financial problems because so much U.S. debt of various forms has ended up on foreign balance sheets.

Is the huge foreign balance of payments deficit a problem for the US and world economy?

A candid Bernanke would tell Congress that if the U.S. runs a budget "surplus" and our foreign balance were zero then our domestic private sector would have to be in "deficit".

By limiting the amount of foreign exchange a resident can purchase, the control authority can limit imports and thus prevent a decline in its total gold reserves and foreign balances.

And finally, the shock in the foreign current balance also captures the impact these funds have in the balance of payments, also omitted in other publications.

But Poland stands to benefit from a weaker currency via an improved foreign trade balance, and may even be unable to avert an increase in the deficit.

"The Philippines is potentially Xi's crown jewel in his foreign policy balance sheet," said Richard Heydarian, a Manila-based defense and security analyst.

However, the same policies, especially if pursued to excess, are found to have unpleasant consequences in the long term, such as accelerating inflation and damaging the foreign trade balance.