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ZIMSEC O-Level Economics

6.16.4Balance of trade and balance of payments

Balance of trade and balance of payments in ZIMSEC O-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 6.16.4.1Form 3: calculate the balance of trade and the current account of the balance of payments and interpret a deficit or surplus.

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  • The balance of trade and the current account

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Balance of trade and balance of payments: sample question

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Money sent home to Zimbabwe by Zimbabweans working in South Africa is recorded in the current account as

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