To deal with international transactions and financial flows, economists use the Balance of Payments framework. In this video, ...

The IMF marked its assessment of external imbalances to market, but its model and approach still struggle to get China right.

Today’s level doesn’t look adequate in the context of risks arising from capital flows more than trade gaps. Look at India’s ...

This paper approaches this question theoretically and empirically. In theory, profit shifting distorts the components of the current account and bilateral current account balances but leaves a country ...

Current account recorded €32 billion surplus in May 2025, up from €19 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €333 billion (2.1% ...

The country faced a perennial issue of balance of payment and periodically rushed to the International Monetary Fund and ...

China's current balance of payments data doesn't quite make sense. Significant and poorly explained gaps exist between the reported BoP data and the underlying source data. China's economy is so ...

Brazil's balance of payments position with the world improved again in May, central bank figures showed on Friday, as the second consecutive monthly current account surplus shrank the rolling 12 ...