[Verse 1]
Nations trade their goods across the blue
Balance sheets tell tales of what we owe
Current account tracks the merchandise flow
Services rendered, income streams that grow
Capital transactions shift the scales below
Financial movements watch the money go
[Chorus]
Current, capital, financial three
BOP equation balancing the spree
PPP and interest parity
Exchange rates dancing with uncertainty
Fixed or floating, pegged or currency board
International economics on record
[Verse 2]
Purchasing power makes the prices align
Absolute levels or relative design
Interest rates covered when futures combine
Uncovered bets on currency decline
Balance of payments pulls the exchange line
Asset markets where the speculators dine
[Chorus]
Current, capital, financial three
BOP equation balancing the spree
PPP and interest parity
Exchange rates dancing with uncertainty
Fixed or floating, pegged or currency board
International economics on record
[Bridge]
Comparative advantage drives the trade
Tariffs building walls that prices have made
Quotas limiting what can be displayed
FDI when factories get relayed
Portfolio flows where investments cascade
Capital controls keep the risks at bay
[Verse 3]
Dollarization takes the local crown
Currency boards pin exchange rates down
Floating systems let the market frown
Fixed regimes never lose their ground
Barriers erected in every town
Trade wars spinning economies around
[Chorus]
Current, capital, financial three
BOP equation balancing the spree
PPP and interest parity
Exchange rates dancing with uncertainty
Fixed or floating, pegged or currency board
International economics on record
[Outro]
Cross-border capital seeks its return
Foreign direct investment bridges burn
Portfolio managers crash and learn
Global markets twist and overturn