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BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

Pepa Azorín Forte

It must always be in equilibrium

DEFINITION

Balance of payments ACCOUNT

The balance of payments account is a record of the value of all the transactions between the residents of one country and the residents of all other countries in the world over a given period of time.

INTERNATIONAL

CREDIT ITEM

TRANSACTIONS

DEBIT ITEM

Any transaction that leads to money entering the country from abroad is known as a credit item in the balance of payments and is given a positive value.

Any transaction that leads to money leaving the country to go abroad is known as a debit item in the balance of payments and is given a negative value.

The period of time is usually ONE YEAR

PERIOD OF TIME

although monthly balance of payments accounts is also produced

There are two main parts to the balance of payments account

MAIN PARTS

THE CURRENT ACCOUNT

THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

The current account is a measureof the flow of funds from trade in goods and services, plus other income flows

THE CURRENT ACCOUNT

CAPITAL TRANSFERS

THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

HAS

TWO

NON-FINANCIAL ASSETS

COMPONENTS