capital account

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capital account
recorded account of loans and investments


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Capital account
Note: The name of the "capital account" was changed in the US in 1999. It is now referred to as the financial accountThe capital account is one of two primary components of the balance of payments, the other being the current account. The capital account records all transactions between a domestic and foreign resident that involves a change of ownership of an asset. It is the net result of public and private international investment flowing in and out of a country. This includes foreign direct investment, plus changes in holdings of stocks, bonds, loans, bank accounts, and currencies.
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capital account
Noun
1. (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
(hypernym) account, accounting, account statement
(part-holonym) balance of payments, balance of international payments
(classification) economics, economic science, political economy
2. (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
(hypernym) account, accounting, account statement
(classification) finance


Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance DictionaryDownload this dictionary
Capital account
Net result of public and private international investment and lending activities.
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capital account (in a b.o.p. context)
A b.o.p. account that covers all capital transfers and acquisitions/disposals of non-produced, non-financial assets between residents and non-residents

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