Supporting  &   Related   Pages:

• Glossary: Balance of Payments

A. Current Account

1. Trade (Goods)

   Exports

   Imports

   Balance on Merchandise Trade

2. Services
   1. Net Nonfactor Service Trade
   2. Net Transportation Transaction arising from international transportation of goods and passengers
   3. Net Travel Tourist expenditures
   4. Net Investment Income
   5. Net Other Income
   6. Net Unrequited Transfers

B. Capital Account

1. Net Direct Investment
2. Net Portfolio Investment
3. Net Net Other Capital
4. Net Net Short-Term Capital

C. Net Reserves

D. Net Errors & Omissions

Note: A + B + C + D = 0

Internet Sites: 

• IMF Balance Of Payments Statistics
• U.S. Balance of Payments: Tables | or here Some of BEA's most frequently requested data from the balance of payments accounts (BPA's) are shown below. For information on how to access all of BEA's news releases relating to international trade and finance--and a wealth of other information to boot--please contact STAT-USA.
• Historical Trends in Per Capita Balance of Payments Results by Region and by State: So far, our analysis has focussed on the variation in the share and geography of Federal taxes and spending for the states in the aggregate, but each state also has its own individual story, and it is to these individual stories that we now turn. In prior years, we have noted the relative stability in the rankings of states and regions over time.

• Regional Balance of Payments for Calendar Year 2000 of different countries

• Balance of Payments between Federal Government and individuals States [Graph, 1996]

• Hawaii's Current Account Balance [1998]

• Japan

Clippings:

Literature:

Wynne Godley Interim Report: Notes on the U.S. Trade and Balance of Payments Deficits, 2000.

Isard, Walter, "Interregional Flow Analysis and Balance of Payments Statements," Ch.5, in: Methods of Regional Analysis, MIT Press, 1960, pp.163ff.