ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
US entrepreneur receives earnings from a factory they own in Portugal. This will be recorded in the USA BoP as,
A
Invisible balance inflow
B
Investment income inflow
C
Financial ac inflow
D
Transfers inflow
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The balance of payments is a system of recording transactions that happen between countries. Any movement of money into, or out of, a country has to be accounted for.

Detailed explanation-2: -Capital account – The record of a country’s international transactions involving purchases or sales of financial and real assets (borrowing, lending, and investments).

Detailed explanation-3: -The balance of payments (BOP) is the record of all international financial transactions made by the residents of a country. There are three main categories of the BOP: the current account, the capital account, and the financial account.

Detailed explanation-4: -Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an ownership stake in a foreign company or project made by an investor, company, or government from another country.

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