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Balance of Trade and Balance of Payment

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Balance of trade and balance of payment are two commonly used terms in international economics&period; These terms are different but related to each other as Balance of trade is a component of Balance of Payment&period; BOT include as current item in balance of payment and described as&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is the sum of the balance of trade &lpar;net earnings on exports – payments for imports&rpar;&comma; factor income &lpar;earnings on foreign investments – payments made to foreign investors&rpar; and cash transfers&period; It’s called the current account as it covers transactions in the &quot&semi;here and now&quot&semi; &&num;8211&semi; those that do not give rise to future claims” <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Balance of trade can be in deficit or surplus as per the tangible business transactions of one country to another&period;&&num;160&semi; If imports of a country increase to its exports the balance of payment will be negative or deficit&comma; and if country has more exports than its imports the balance of trade will be considered positive or surplus&period; The deficit or surplus balance of trade cannot represent or guarantee the economic growth of a country&period; When the economy is in expansion phase there may be positive economic indicators with deficit or negative balance of trade&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;linkunit&rsqb;Adding all receipts and subtracting payment the outcome deficit or surplus figure is called Balance of Payment&period; Normally these statistics represent one year economic activities of a country&period; It is a broader term includes trade of physical goods&comma; services and capital employment&period;&&num;160&semi; BOP of a country must be equal to zero even if the payment and receipts are not equal&period;&&num;160&semi; For example if the imports are excessive to exports and country has to pay the balance amount&comma; it will pay by incomes earned from investments overseas&comma; form its reserves or even by borrowing form other countries&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">International trade’s imbalances can be problematic of not as per economic condition and trade cycle of the country&period; Balance of trade has a current account affect in Balance of Payment&period; The Equation of Balance of Payment by IMF is as under&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>BOP &equals; Current Account—Financial Account – Capital Account &plus;Balancing Item<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The BOP account records the payments and receipt in terms of current account &lpar;Tangible goods&rpar;&comma; services &lpar;intangible goods&rpar; and foreign investments of the residents of the country in their transactions with residents of other countries&period; The balance of these receipts and payments must be equal&period; Any apparent inequality simply leaves one country acquiring assets of the others&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&lbrack;adsense&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Foreign exchange rate have its significant impact of balance of trade and balance of payments&period; In 2010 a cold war can be seen of competitive currency devaluation&period; Brazil’s finance minister spoke out as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;International Currency War”&period; Countries are trying to devalue their currencies to increase exports&period; Recently US have passed a bill to push china to increase its currency value&period; &NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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