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CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS ACCOUNT [7 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Accounting
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Entries in a nation’s balance of payments account showing financial flows related to international direct investment, investment in government and private securities, international bank transactions, and changes in official gold holdings and foreign exchange reserves.

CONT

The capital account records the values of the non-financial assets that are acquired, or disposed of, by resident institutional units by engaging in transactions, and shows the change in net worth due to saving and capital transfers or internal bookkeeping transactions linked to production(changes in inventories and consumption of fixed capital).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Compte statistique de la balance des paiements récapitulant les flux financiers liés aux investissements étrangers directs, les investissements dans les titres publics et privés, les transactions bancaires internationales et les mouvements dans les stocks publics d'or et les réserves de devises.

CONT

Le solde du compte capital constitue la différence entre les investissements nationaux à l'étranger et les investissements étrangers au pays.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad nacional
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Cuenta de la balanza de pagos que refleja los movimientos de capitales correspondientes a las inversiones directas en el extranjero, las inversiones en títulos públicos y privados, las operaciones bancarias internacionales y las variaciones de las reservas públicas en oro y divisas.

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Record 2 2017-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

An exchange rate regime which normally insulates a country from the balance of payments effects of capital flows while it maintains a stable exchange rate for current account transactions. Capital transactions are normally required to pass through a "financial" market while current transactions go through an "official" market, though other arrangements are possible. Examples are found in Belgium and the United Kingdom, though France and Italy have experimented with such systems.

Key term(s)
  • two-tier exchange system
  • two-tier foreign exchange market

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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Record 3 2017-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Accounting
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

capital transactions account : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité nationale
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Compte-type relatif aux opérations en capital de la nation avec le reste du monde, c'est-à-dire aux opérations sur les créances et les autres actifs incorporels ainsi que sur les engagements et les autres moyens de financement de l'accumulation brute.

OBS

compte des opérations en capital : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • National Accounting
OBS

consolidated capital transactions account : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Comptabilité nationale
OBS

compte consolidé des opérations en capital : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

Both assessments and contributions form a part of Canada's payments on current account, while other transactions, to the extent that they give rise to claims on non-residents, are mainly reflected in capital movements in long-term forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Person who realizes hedge, investment or speculative transactions in capital markets for the establishment's account that she represents or for the account of a third party.

OBS

trader: term published in the Journal officiel by the Commission de la terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Personne qui réalise, pour le compte de l'établissement qu'elle représente ou pour le compte d'un tiers, des opérations de couverture, de placement ou de spéculation sur les marchés financiers.

OBS

opérateur de marché, opératrice de marché, opérateur et opératrice : termes publiés au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

OBS

opérateur et opératrice : termes génériques qui peuvent être utilisés comme synonymes si le contexte porte spécifiquement sur l'opérateur de marché et l'opératrice de marché.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Accounting
CONT

The equivalence between capital and financial account balancing items is inherent in the [System of National Accounts], which is based on the quadruple entry principle. According to this principle, each transaction has to be recorded twice in the accounts of the involved agents : once as a resource(or change of liabilities) and once as a use(or change in assets). As a consequence, with the exception of financial transactions whose counterpart is a financial transaction, and thus do not affect financial balances, any transaction alters, by the same amount, both financial and the capital account balance of the involved sectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité nationale

Spanish

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