Capital transfers

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Capital transfers are the different forms of capital inflows and outflows of a country. Examples of transactions that could be seen in the capital transfers section of the capital account are payments associated with debt-forgiveness, project-aid for developmental purposes and sums of money/assets brought into an economy by immigrants (an inflow or credit item) or those leaving with emigrants (an outflow or debit item).

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