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11.8.2. Vocabulary Notes to Text 11.8.1

1. залоговые, ипотечные свидетельства — mortgage deeds

2. страховой полис — insurance policy

3. распылять — to disburse

4. слияние — merger

5. поглощение — acquisition

11.9. Oral Practice. Round Table

Business Exchange o f Opinions

In this unit we have examined some aspects regarding the capital export: we determined its

causes and forms, defined its participants and intermediaries.

Let us now discuss some issues of the unit using basic and supplementary English and Russian texts.

You may formulate your opinions on the basis of literature on economic subjects which you have read.

1. There exists a controversial point of view that the capital exports slow down the economic development

of exporting nations, being at the same time an effective means of its international economic

expansion. On the other hand, the import of capital accelerates the economic development of importing

nations. What current economic problems do you think can be solved by the capital export?

2. There is a clear distinction between capital mobility and foreign investment in the world

market. What does capital mobility mean? And what is implied by foreign investment?

3. Commercial and investment banks play a central role in the world export system. In what way

do investment (commercial) banks realize their intermediary function between the investor and

the borrower? What is the difference between portfolio and direct investments?

11.10. Written Practice

Write an essay of about 300—350 words on the unit.

Unit 12. International Credit

12.1.Preview Basic notionThe subject of this unit is international credit. s

repayment,recovery We are going to observe: loan•Conditions, forms and alowable periods borowingof obtaining international

credits. paying of•Some peculiarities of foreign trade credits: debt technical, leasing, factoring, forfaiting. factoring forfaiting leasing

12.2. Warm-up

Before you start reading the unit think and try to answer the following questions:

1. How can we define the international credit?

2. Can the credit influence the economic developments in a borrowing country?

3. How do we differentiate credits according to the allowed time of repayment? What can be considered

as security for a credit?

4. What is the difference between a commercial form of credit and a financial credit?

5. What do you know about the authority of central banks?

6. What are the peculiarities of such foreign trade operations as leasing, factoring, forfaiting?

12.3. Rapid Reading (skimming, scanning, reading for general understanding

of the basic Text 12.4)

Work in pairs or small groups.

1. Quickly skim the text to find out how credits are classified, but do not spend much time reading

it in detail for this activity.

2. Quickly skim the text to define which credits are passed to the borrower's financial account.

3. Were any of your ideas about the classification of credits in the text the same?

4. Is maintenance of leased equipment prepaid?

12.4. Basic Text. Forms of International Credit

International credit — offering currency and marketable resources — is of primary concern in

the sphere of international economic relations. In general outline, the international credit is the

movement of loan capital on conditions of credit recovery, period of agreement and paid servicing.

Through the mechanism of international credit the loan capital is relocated to those countries and

industries where the largest profits are guaranteed and the reduction in expenses of circulation of

credit means (bills, drafts, cheques, transfers, etc.) provides the acceleration of payments on a clearing

basis. Due to the use of foreign credits there comes an opportunity to exercise effectively the capital

formed in other countries. It is a kind of specific donor blood (but returnable) which makes it

possible to regulate economic developments in a borrowing country.

There are the following types of international credits according to their purposes:

commercial credit (international trade in goods and services)

financial credit (purchasing securities, investment projects, settlement of foreign debts, currency