In your private household, you would surely prefer to pay less for more rather than the other way around, yet that would be termed an "unfavorable balance of payments" in foreign trade.

从个人角度看，你当然是喜欢付出更少，得到更多了，但这种行为在自由贸易中会被冠以“国际收支逆差”的大帽子。

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It is suggested that the nations of unfavorable balance take other more effective measures to improve the status of their BOP instead of such inferior pricing strategy as devaluation.

本文建议，国际收支逆差国应尽量放弃通货贬值这种低层次的价格竞争策略，采取其他行之有效的措施来改善国际收支状况。

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However, imports of gold as well as petroleum -- the items largely responsible for India's unfavorable current account balance -- remained high during February.

WSJ: India Exports Rise 4.25%