# External sector

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{{Short description|Part of a national economy}}

The '''external sector''' is the portion of a [country](/source/country)'s [economy](/source/economy) that interacts with the economies of other countries. In the goods market, the external sector involves [exports](/source/exports) and [imports](/source/imports).<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 2013 |title=Analyzing the External Sector |url=https://www.imf.org/external/region/tlm/rr/pdf/externalsector.pdf |journal=IMF - Analyzing the External Sector |volume=1 |pages=9 |via=IMF}}</ref> In the financial market it involves [capital flows](/source/capital_flows).<ref>{{Cite web |title=External sector |url=https://www.bundesbank.de/en/statistics/external-sector |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.bundesbank.de |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Balance of payments](/source/Balance_of_payments)
*[Current account (balance of payments)](/source/Current_account_(balance_of_payments))
*[Capital account](/source/Capital_account) 
*[Foreign direct investment](/source/Foreign_direct_investment)
*[External debt](/source/External_debt)
*[Exchange rate](/source/Exchange_rate)
*[Foreign exchange reserves](/source/Foreign_exchange_reserves)
*[Net international investment position](/source/Net_international_investment_position)

==References==
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