Balance of Payments – An Example

Let’s take an example. The table on the right was taken from actual 2006 balance of payments data for the U.S., as reported by the BEA. Some data has been summarized and rounded but this is essentially the way balance of payments are typically reported. For the original data go here.
The data is a bit hard to read and the relationships aren’t clearly apparent. So let’s clean-up the formatting a bit and maybe the relationships will become clearer.

Let’s take an example. The table on the right was taken from actual 2006 balance of payments data for the U.S., as reported by the BEA. Some data has been summarized and rounded but this is essentially the way balance of payments are typically reported. For the original data go here.