Financial (capital) account: Records the flow of financial assets (investment) between a country and the rest of the world.
How to apply it: Explain that a current account deficit is financed by a financial account surplus, meaning foreign capital flows into the country.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Open Economy: International Trade and Finance
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