Go to MSN Homeencarta®
HomeEncyclopediaDictionariesWorld AtlasSchoolUniversityStudy CentreQuizzesMore
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
ivory nut
ivory palm
ivory tower
ivy
Ivy League
iwi
IWW
Ixion
ixtle
iyan
Iyar
-ize
izimbongi
izinyanga
izzard
izzat
J (1)
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "J effect" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

J effect
J effect


noun 
Definition:
 
commerce balance of trade fall before rise: the tendency of a country's balance of trade to deteriorate initially following a currency devaluation before the expected improvement takes place
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement

Also on Encarta
• Great Writing By Great Writers
• The Latest Top 10 Lists
• Encarta's Famous Quizzes
Also on MSN
• Entertainment on MSN: Top Movies
• MSN Careers: Job Hunting Made Easy
• Today's News on MSN
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Encarta RSS Feeds
© 2008 Microsoft