PREFERRED TERM
BN.TRF.KOGT.CDnet capital account bop current us dollar_wdi
DEFINITION
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Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
BROADER CONCEPT
SCOPE NOTE
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International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
CONTRIBUTOR
URI
http://joinedupdata.org/Indicators/wdi/net-capital-account-bop-current-us-dollar_wdi