Measurement of international price conditions

Author: Mushin Jerry  

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

ISSN: 1097-4954

Source: Global Business and Economics Review, Vol.9, Iss.1, 2007-02, pp. : 92-100

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Abstract

The expansion and diversification of international trade has meant, for many countries, that changes in the relationship between domestic and foreign prices have greatly increased importance. This article identifies the weaknesses of the terms of trade, the usual measure of price conditions in an economy's international sector, and proposes a new approach.