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Capital and financial account
The part of the balance of payments that records purchases of assets across borders: foreigners buying a country’s bonds, shares and factories, and residents buying assets abroad. It mirrors the current account, so a trade deficit shows up here as a capital inflow.
Also called: financial account, capital inflow, capital outflow
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