Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 2005 (Revised from original 2005 version)

Reading the Balance of Payments

by Louis T. Wells Jr.

Abstract

Describes the construction of the balance of payments and defines frequently used measures taken from the balance of payments.

Keywords: Accounting; Finance;

Citation:

Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Reading the Balance of Payments." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-025, June 2005. (Revised from original January 2005 version.)