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Balance Of Payments And Exchange Rate

ICSE · Class 12 · Economics

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Meaning and Features of Balance of Payments

  • Balance of Payments is an accounting statement that gives a systematic record of all economic transactions between residents of a country and residents of foreign countries during a given period of ti
  • BOP accounts relate to a certain time period, usually a financial year.
  • BOP has three defining features: systematic record, components such as current account and capital account, and flow concept.
2

Balance of Trade and Current Account

  • Balance of Trade is the difference between the value of total imports and exports of visible material goods only.
  • Balance of Trade is also called the merchandise account.
  • Balance of Trade is narrower than Current Account and much narrower than BOP.
3

Capital Account and Capital Transactions

  • Capital account records all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world that cause a change in assets or liabilities of the country.
  • Capital account concerns capital transactions involving short-term and long-term capital transfers, gold, and sale or purchase of assets.
  • Foreign Direct Investment means purchasing an asset in another country while acquiring control over it.
4

Debit and Credit Items in BOP

  • Any transaction resulting in a payment to foreigners is entered as a debit and given a negative sign.
  • Any transaction resulting in a receipt from foreigners is entered as a credit and given a positive sign.
  • Imports of goods and services, unilateral transfer payments, and capital outflows are debit items.

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Balance of Payments is a systematicBalance of trade is the differenceCurrent account records imports and exportsCapital account records transactions that changeVisible items are export and import

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