The balance of payments (BOP) is one of Australia's key sets of economic statistics. BOP records economic transactions between residents of Australia and residents of the rest of the world. These economic transactions include exports and imports of goods, exports and imports of services, income flows such as dividends and interest earned by non-residents on investments located within Australia, and dividends and interest payments accruing to Australian residents from their investments abroad; financial flows from investments in shares; and transfers, which are offsets to one-sided transactions such as foreign aid, debt forgiveness, and the value of assets including household and personal effects which accompany migrants to their new home.
International investment position statistics, which includes foreign debt statistics, are among Australia's key economic indicators. International investment position statistics measure the stock (or level) of foreign financial assets and liabilities at a particular date. The net international investment position is the difference between the stock of foreign financial assets and liabilities at a particular date.
These statistics may be split to show Australia's foreign debt and equity investment.
