Term:
Balance of payments, current account
Definition:
The current account includes all the transactions (other than those in financial items) that involve economic values and occur between resident and non- residents entities. Also covered are offsets to current economic values provided or acquired without a quid pro quo.
Specifically, the major classifications are:
- goods and services;
- income;
- current transfers
Domain:
Finance
Source:
BPM para. 152