There is no quick fix to America's balance of payments problem.
Last year, the balance of payments ran into the red for the first time.
I'd hate to mess up foreign trade and the balance of payments.
Would this then put their primary balance of payments into surplus?
Also in 1992 it contributed $4 billion toward the balance of payments.
America's international balance of payments stood in the plus column by $1.5 billion.
But if inflation could be brought quickly down again, the balance of payments would look after itself.
The potential for improving our balance of payments is clear.
We've gotten ourselves into a difficult situation in our balance of payments.
The service sector does not help the balance of payments.