What was the surplus for Korea 's services account in the first nine months of this year ?
Expressed with the broader meaning for the " capital account " , the BOP identity assumes that any current account surplus will be balanced by a capital account deficit of equal size – or alternatively a current account deficit will be balanced by a corresponding capital account surplus : formula_1 The " balancing item " , which may be positive or negative , is simply an amount that accounts for any statistical errors and assures that the current and capital accounts sum to zero .