How to Use balance of payments in a Sentence

balance of payments

noun phrase

• The country needs foreign capital flows to maintain a healthy balance of payments.
  — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile, a balance of payments (BOP) is a much broader record including all of a country’s monetary transactions.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• Wages were beginning to grow above the inflation rate, though a negative balance of payments raises concerns while inequality remains elevated.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Global brokerage Citi expects India to report a balance of payments surplus of $53 billion for the financial year ending March 2027, lower than the $60 billion reported a year ago.
  — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
• The tariffs were imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 as a means of addressing balance of payments issues, blanketing trading partners across the world in replacement duties as a stop-gap measure lasting just 150 days.
  — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 22 July 2026