The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates (Edexcel A-Level Economics A): Flashcards

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The Balance of Payments: Overview
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Balance of payments

Record of all economic transactions with rest of world

Three main BoP accounts

Current account, financial account, capital account

Current account records

Transactions in goods & services, plus income flows

Financial account records

Changes in ownership of financial assets & liabilities

Capital account records

Capital transfers & non-produced, non-financial assets

FDI outward

UK investors making investments overseas

FDI inward

Overseas investors purchasing assets in UK

Current account deficit matched by

Surplus on financial account

International investment position

Balance sheet of external assets & liabilities

Largest item in capital account

Flows of capital associated with migration

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