Factor income consists largely of payments and receipts of interest, dividends, and other income from foreign investment.
Unilateral transfers mean unrequited payments (无偿支 3-10 付) including foreign aid, reparation, and gifts.
How the balance of payments accounts is formed?
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Chapter Outline
3.1 Balance of Payments Accounting 3.2 Balance of Payments Accounts
3.2.1 The Current Account 3.2.2 The Capital Account 3.2.3 Statistical Discrepancy 3.2.4 Official Reserves Account
3.2 Balance of Payments Accounts
The balance of payments accounts are those that record all international transactions between the residents of a country and residents of all foreign nations.
International economic transactions[1] include import and export of goods and services, and cross-border investments in businesses, bank accounts, bonds, stocks, and real estate.