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ZIMSEC O-Level Commerce

6.2.7Balance of payments

Balance of payments in ZIMSEC O-Level Commerce: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 4: visible and invisible trade, balance of trade and balance of payments, exchange rates.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 6.2.7.1Calculate the balance of trade, the invisible balance and the balance of payments.
  2. 6.2.7.2Outline ways of correcting a balance of payments deficit.
  3. 6.2.7.3Convert currencies using exchange rates.

Lessons

  • Balance of trade and balance of payments

    35 min

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  • Exchange rates: appreciation, depreciation and their effects

    28 min

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Sample question

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Balance of payments: sample question

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The exchange rate changes from US$1 = 17 rand to US$1 = 19 rand. What has happened?

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