balance of payments
noun phrase
: a summary of the international transactions of a country or region over a period of time including commodity and service transactions, capital transactions, and gold movements
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Wages were beginning to grow above the inflation rate, though a negative balance of payments raises concerns while inequality remains elevated.
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
If anything, Newsom may even have downplayed the size of California’s negative balance of payments with the federal government.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Other states with a substandard balance of payments include California, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Utah and Illinois.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 2 June 2025
Meanwhile, favorable external trends, such as the steady increases in remittances from millions of Filipinos overseas boosted domestic consumption and improved country’s balance of payments.
—Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2014
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
If anything, Newsom may even have downplayed the size of California’s negative balance of payments with the federal government.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Other states with a substandard balance of payments include California, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Utah and Illinois.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 2 June 2025
Meanwhile, favorable external trends, such as the steady increases in remittances from millions of Filipinos overseas boosted domestic consumption and improved country’s balance of payments.
—Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2014
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“Balance of payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20of%20payments. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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