Balance of Payments

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BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

It is a statement of accounts showing all monetary


transactions of a country with the rest of the world during a
period of time, say a year.

They broadly include


1. Export and Import of goods
2. Export and Import of services
3. International sale and purchase of financial assets
4. International sale and purchase of real assets
COMPONENTS OF CURRENT ACCOUNT

1. Export and Import of goods


2. Export and Import of services – Factor
services like rent, interest and profit and
Non factor services like insurance and
banking
3. Current Transfers – for e.g. NRI
remittances, gifts and grants
COMPONENTS OF CAPITAL ACCOUNT
1. Borrowing
2. Foreign Investment- FDI and FII
3. NRI deposits made in the domestic
economy
4. Banking capital refers to foreign assets
held by the commercial banks
5. Short-term trade credit
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REVISION QUESTIONS
1. Balance of Payments always balances. True
or False?
2. High Rate of inflation in the domestic
economy causes “deficit balance of trade”.
True or False?
3. Borrowing and lending in the international
money market I a part of current account
balance of payments. T or F?
REVISION QUESTIONS
4. Unfavourable balance on current account leads
to a high receipt of foreign exchange in the
capital account. Do you agree?
5. Current Account deficit can be managed
through import Substitution. Do you agree?
6. How are remittances by NRIs helpful in tackling
BOP deficit?
7. “Slump in oil prices.”How will this affect CAD?
8. What will be the effect of foreign investments in
India on exchange rate?

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