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Trade adjustment assistanceA program of adjustment assistance for workers and firms in industries that have suffered from competition with imports. In the U.S., TAA began with the Trade Act of 1974, and has been renewed and expanded since then, including as part of the NAFTA.Similar MatchesWalrasian adjustmentWalrasian adjustmentA market adjustment mechanism in which price rises when there is excess demand and falls when there is excess supply. Strictly speaking, these excess supplies and demands are those that would obtain without any history of disequilibrium, as with a Walrasian auctioneer. International adjustment processInternational adjustment process1. Any mechanism for change in international markets. 2. The mechanism by which payments imbalances diminish under pegged exchange rates and nonsterilization. Similar to the specie flow mechanism, exchange-market intervention causes money supplies of surplus countries to expand and vice versa, leading to price and interest rate changes that correct the current and capital account imbalances. Structural adjustment programStructural adjustment programThe list of budgetary and policy changes required by the IMF and World Bank in order for a developing country to qualify for a loan. This "conditionality" typically includes reducing barriers to trade and capital flows, tax increases, and cuts in government spending. Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) accountCumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) accountAn entry in a translated balance sheet in which gains and/or losses from translation have been accumulated over a period of years. The C.T.A. account is required under the FASB No. 52 rule. Structural adjustmentStructural adjustmentThe reallocation of resources (labor and capital) among sectors of the economy in response to changing economic circumstances, including trading conditions, or changes in policy. Further SuggestionsAdjustment bondBalance of payments adjustment mechanism Adjustment date higher rate adjustment Adjustment mechanism Adjustment assistance Border tax adjustment Marshallian adjustment |
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