Balance of Payments

Balance of payments statistics (www.oecd.org/std/bop) provide a systematic summary of economic transactions between an economy and the rest of the world, for a specific time period. The transactions included comprise: goods, services, income, transfers and financial claims.

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G7 merchandise trade volume growth slows in second quarter 2008

27-Oct-2008

Merchandise import volumes of the Group of Seven countries fell by 1.4% in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the previous quarter, while the volume of exports declined by 0.3%.

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