Explains how to understand the balance of payments made to and by the United States both inside and outside the country. The video focuses on the balance in the current account.

Intuition behind why the current account and capital account should balance. [7:14]

This video explains the intuition behind why the current account and capital account should balance. Sal Khan uses the U.S. 2007 account as an example. [7:14]

Sal Khan explains how the Chinese buying of American debt leads to lower interest rates. [15:26]