Bolivia had a large negative balance of payments for 2002⎯US$317 million.
Mhoram believed that large balances might be tipped by the weight of one life.
And if you have multiple accounts, it is probably a good idea to consolidate them to get the higher rates that larger balances often command.
In the meantime, therefore, large speculative balances of money will be held.
Since these accounts often maintain balances much larger than the amount needed to offset banking costs, they can be an important source of bank profits.
So if you maintain large balances in your checking account, these accounts may offer decent value.
Those large balances mean that reserves are being drained from the banking system.
The accounts are very profitable because they combine large balances under one account number.
South Africa has a large favorable balance of trade with its neighbors, for one.
People discovered the mistake when they went to make purchases Sunday morning and found a surprisingly large balance on the receipt.