Meaning | A system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year. |
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Example | "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out" |
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Synonym | balance of international payments |
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Parts | capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities |
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current account | That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
Broader | accounting | A system that provides quantitative information about finances |
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Spanish | balanza de pagos |
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Catalan | balança de pagaments |
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