Final balance
The summation of the first and second sections of the balance, as well as the article "Errors and Omissions" allows you to bring the final balance, which can have either a positive or negative balance.
If the final balance is positive, therefore, the country increases its demands on other countries and, accordingly, the same amount reduced its obligations to them. Conversely, if the final balance on the negative, it follows that it must increase its commitments in relation to other countries in order to cover the balance of payments deficit.
That is why in this subsection, the balance (balancing items) "+" sign means the growth of obligations in relation to non-residents or a decrease in requirements for non-residents (and, consequently, the deterioration of the balance of payments). The sign "-" means a reduction in commitments to foreign countries or increase the requirements for the latter.