The balance of payments and international investment position are macroeconomic statistics that summarise the economic relations between the residents of an economy and the residents of the rest of the world. The balance of payments records, for each period, the transactions that take place between residents and non-residents and the international investment position shows the value (always at end of period) of positions of external financial assets and liabilities.
B) Breakdown of current and capital accounts of the BP
C) Breakdown of the financial account of the BP (transactions) and IIP (positions or stocks)
D) Direct investment according to the directional principle