Compléter Macroeconomics: Balance of paymentsVersion en ligne https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-economics/chapter/capital-flows/ (adapted) par Shaner Adams 1 Whenever a country receives funds from a foreign source , a is recorded on the balance of payments . Whenever a country has an outflow of funds , it is recorded as a on the balance of payments . When all components of the BOP accounts are included they must sum to with overall surplus or deficit . The account records the flow of income from one country to another . The account records the flow of assets from one country to another . The account is typically much smaller than the other two and includes miscellaneous transfers that do not affect national income .