Other things being equal, a rise in a country's terms of trade increases its welfare. What would ...

[ 1 ]  Let us assume that the terms of trade (or technically the net commodity terms of trade) improve, thus the relative price of a country's exports increase. This would, logically, lead to a shift away by world consumers to substitute goods. If the demand for a country's exports is elastic, the quantity decrease would be proportionally larger than the per unit price increase. This term of trade effect would actually lower the country's real income and economic welfare.

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[ 3 ]  Investors were seeking higher growth and government policies were thought to be very stable and favorable for growth in this region, so there were tremendous capital inflows. Most currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar and the dollar was appreciating internationally, causing the real exchange rates to be overvalued. Export earnings were damaged by the currency values. These revealed other weaknesses in corporate structures, regulatory systems, and the financial sector, especially in the area of transparency.