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Distinguish between Current Account and Capital Account of the balance of Payments Account on the basis of its components.

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Current Account- It is the account that records imports and exports of goods, services and unilateral transfers.

Components of Current Account:

(i) Merchandise account (ii) Invisible items, and (iii) Unilateral transfers,

Capital Account - It records capital transfers such as loans and investments between one country and the rest of the world which causes a change in the asset or liability status of the residents of a country or its government.

Components of Capital Account:

(i) Private loans (ii) Movement of banking capital, (iii) official capital transactions, (iv) Reserves and monetary gold, and (v) Gold movement.



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