Measures of Economic Performance (Edexcel A-Level Economics A): Flashcards

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The Balance of Payments
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Balance of payments records

All economic transactions between UK residents & rest of world

Credit items in balance of payments

Incoming payments to the UK

Debit items in balance of payments

Outgoing payments from the UK

Current account tracks

Goods, services, income payments, and transfers

Visible trade

Trade in physical products (goods)

Invisible trade

Trade in services

Primary income

Income flows from investments and employment

Financial account captures

Transactions in financial assets and liabilities

Overall balance of payments must equal

Zero (due to double-entry bookkeeping)

UK goods vs services trade pattern

Goods deficit; services surplus since 1966

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