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Balance of Payments - Current Account Surpluses

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 6 Feb 2019

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This topic video looks at countries such as Germany, Norway, China and South Korea who run current account surpluses on their balance of payments. It focuses on the structural and cyclical causes of surpluses and also the economic significance of a surplus

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