balance of payments

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The balance of payments gap - which tracks the flow of money into and out of the country - has crossed $70bn.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

When those are factored in, the U.S. actual balance of payments is about 0.2% of the country’s gross domestic product, a figure the suit calls “essentially a rounding error.”

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

“We think the balance of payments will turn its strongest in 15 years with foreign portfolio inflows,” economist Bum Ki Son writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

For Elliott, “Argentina needs a much lower exchange rate, much higher interest rates and a significant economic contraction” to stabilize the balance of payments.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025

Eventually, though, Lefty began to understand the difference between five-card draw and seven-card stud, and gradually the balance of payments around the table began to shift.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides