| A | B |
| Merchandise Exports | General Mills sells Cheerios in Kenya |
| Merchandise Imports | Starbuck's buys Peruvian coffee beans |
| Service Exports | A US firm insures a Dutch chocolate maker |
| Service Imports | Microsoft outsources software development to Irish programmers |
| Unilateral Transfers (-) | You send money for flood relief in India |
| Unilateral Transfers (+) | US worker in France sends money home to his family in New York |
| Official Reserve Transaction | The Fed sells Japanese yen |
| Capital Outflow | Ford Motors buys Jaguar |
| Capital Inflow | Germans buy US savings bonds |
| Investment Income (+) | Your interest from Israel bond |
| Investment Income (-) | An AT&T stockholder in Sweden gets a dividend |
| This isn't on the B of P | You buy some Campbell's Soup |