Balance of Payments
Balance of Payments
Balance of Payments
• An economy’s Balance of
Payments (BOP) is official
record of its all international
transactions that took place
during certain period of time
(usually one year).
Balance of Payments
• An economy’s BOP consists of 2
accounts namely Current
Account and Capital Account –
which was previously known as
Financial Account
1. Current Account
• Trade in Goods
• Trade in Services
• Income
• Current Transfer
2. Capital Account
so on.
Income
• Income: records all types of income
earned by your nationals in foreign
countries and by foreigners in your
country.
US BOP.
Current Transfers
• Current Transfers: records
unilateral transfers which are one
sided transfers and not as payment
for goods / services.
AS Economics
Balance of
Payments
Disequilibrium
• Balance of Payments is an
official document that
records all of an
economy’s international
transactions.
• Balance of Payments
disequilibrium refers to
persistent surpluses or
deficits on economies’
Balance of Payments
Balance of
Payments
Disequilibrium
of competitiveness that
require implementation of
lecture.
Balance of Payments
Disequilibrium
• Similarly, economies
experiencing consistent
surpluses are likely to face
substantial appreciation of their
exchange rate which is very
likely to reduce future demand
of country’s exports.
Relationship between
Balance of Payments
and Exchange Rates
• Expenditure Switching
and Expenditure
Dampening are the two
popular macroeconomic
strategies used to correct
BOP disequilibrium.
Expenditure
Switching Policy
• Expenditure Switching policies aim
at redirecting domestic and
international expenditure away
from foreign to locally
manufactured goods / services.
• Expenditure Dampening
Policies aim to reduce
local aggregate demand
which is expected to also
reduce demand for
imports.
Expenditure
Dampening Policy
balance.
Sustainable Solution for
Capital Account Deficit
effect.
Sustainable Solution
for Current Account
Deficit
Supply-side policies are
strategies
used to enhance
economies’ production
potential.
• Improvement in
economy’s human
resource through
increased investment in
education and
professional trainings
• Interest free loans and grants
for new start-ups
• Tax holidays and
technical support for
new start-ups