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Meaning
Balance of payment (BOP) is a statement that records all the
monetary transactions made between residents of a country and the
rest of the world during any given period. This statement includes
all the transactions made by/to individuals, corporates and the
government and helps in monitoring the flow of funds to develop
the economy
Formula for balance of payments
Structure of balance of payments
• In economic sense, BOP need not be always
equal. it means, BOP can be :

•Balanced BOP: BOP is balanced when receipts of foreign


exchange are equal to payments of foreign exchange

•Surplus BOP: BOP is in surplus when receipts of foreign


exchange are more than payments of foreign exchange

•Deficit BOP: BOP is defict when receipts of foreign exchange are


less than payments of foreign exchange

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