For Balance Of Payments we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Business, Customs, Economic Analysis, Finance, International Business, International Economics, Political, Securities, Shipping, Soviet Union and World Politics.

Balance Of Payments (Business)

A list of a country's credit and debit transactions with international financial institutions and foreign countries in a specific period.

Balance Of Payments (Customs)

A tabulation of a country's credit and debit transactions with other countries and international institutions. These transactions are divided into two broad groups: current account and capital account. The main items included are exports and imports of goods and services (the balance of trade), foreign direct investments, intergovernmental loans, transfer payments, capital inflows and outflows, and changes in official gold holdings and foreign exchange reserves.
See also: Adjustment, Capital Account, Current Account, International Monetary Fund, Invisible Trade, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Restrictions, Transfer Payments, Visible Trade,

Balance Of Payments (Economic Analysis)

Record of transactions between U.S. residents and foreign residents during a given time period. Includes transactions in goods, services, income, assets, and liabilities. It is broken down into the current account (international), capital account (international), and financial acount (international).

Balance Of Payments (Finance)

A statistical compilation formulated by a sovereign nation of all economic transactions between residents of that nation and residents of all other nations during a stipulated period of time, usually a calendar year.

Balance Of Payments (International Business)

The International Money Fund’s accounting system that tracks the flow of goods, services, and capital in and out of each country.

Balance Of Payments (International Economics)

1. A list, or accounting, of all of a country's international transactions for a given time period, usually one year. Payments into the country (receipts) are entered as positive numbers, called credits; payments out of the country (payments) are entered as negative numbers called debits.
2. A single number summarizing all of a country's international transactions: the balance of payments surplus.

Balance Of Payments (Political)

A statistical record of all the economic transactions between one country and all other countries over a given period. The transactions include goods, services (including investments) private and governmental capital, and gold movement.

Balance Of Payments (Securities)

A summary statement comparing the money coming into a country with the amount of money leaving the country for one period of time. Usually divided into the current account (showing imports and exports of goods and services), the capital account (showing movement of investments), and gold (showing movement of gold). The statement uses double-entry bookkeeping, which ensures that though individual categories may have a deficit or surplus, the overall statement must not.

Balance Of Payments (Shipping)

The balance of payments is a statistical summary of international transactions. These transactions are defined as the transfer of ownership of something that has an economic value measurable in monetary terms from residents of one country to residents of

Balance Of Payments (Soviet Union)

The international transactions of a country, including commodity and service transactions, capital transactions, and gold movements.

Balance Of Payments (World Politics)

A figure that represents the net flow of money into and out of a country due to trade, tourist expenditures, sale of services (such as consulting), foreign aid, profits, and so forth.

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