List the items of the current account of balance of payments account. Also, define ‘balance of trade’.
CBSE DELHI - SET 1 2009
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Items of current account:
  1. Export and import of goods.
  2. Export and import of services.
  3. Income from and to abroad.
  4. Transfers from and to abroad.
Balance of trade is the difference between ‘exports of goods’ and ‘imports of goods’.
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