This paper studies the dynamic structural relationship between the trade balance and the terms of trade by means of a time-scale decomposition. Our analysis is carried out using data obtained from ten developed economies; Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the...

We provide a theoretical interpretation of two features of international data: the countercyclical movements in net exports and the tendency for the trade balance to be negatively correlated with current and future movements in the terms of trade, but positively correlated with past movements....