{{Short description|Part of a national economy}}
The '''external sector''' is the portion of a country's economy that interacts with the economies of other countries. In the goods market, the external sector involves exports and 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.<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 *Current account (balance of payments) *Capital account *Foreign direct investment *External debt *Exchange rate *Foreign exchange reserves *Net international investment position
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{{DEFAULTSORT:External Sector}} Category:International macroeconomics
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