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sabFIND THE VALUE OF SINE 38024/ BYE USING TABLE

BALANCE OF PAYMENT AND BALANCE OF TRADE. 10 years data with your analysis

Definition of 'Balance Of Payments - BOP'


A record of all transactions made between one particular country and all other countries during a specified period of time. BOP compares the dollar difference of the amount of exports and imports, including all financial exports and imports. A negative balance of payments means that more money is flowing out of the country than coming in, and vice versa.

Definition of 'Balance Of Trade - BOT'


The difference between a country's imports and its exports. Balance of trade is the largest component of a country's balance of payments. Debit items include imports, foreign aid, domestic spending abroad and domestic investments abroad. Credit items include exports, foreign spending in the domestic economy and foreign investments in the domestic economy. A country has a trade deficit if it imports more than it exports; the opposite scenario is a trade surplus.

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