Distinguish between balance of trade and balance of payment.
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S.No.
Basis
Balance of Trade
Balance of Payment
1.
Meaning
Those transactions that arise out of the exports and imports of goods. It does not consider the exchange of services rendered such as shipping, Insurance and banking etc.
The balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of all economic transactions between the residents of foreign countries during a given period of time.
2.
Scope
It is a narrow concept as it is a component of balance of payments.
It is a wider concept.
3.
Nature of items
It includes only visible items.
It includes both visible and invisible items.
4.
Nature of Record of capital transactions
It is a partial record. Hence, it is not a true indicator of economic relations with other countries. Doesn't record transactions of capital nature.
It is the complete record of economic transactions with the rest of the world. Hence, it provides a true picture of the economy with the rest of the world. Records capital nature transactions.
5.
Settlement
Deficit in balance of trade can be met by balance of payments.
Deficit in balance of payments cannot be met by the components of balance of trade.
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