What Is a Current Account Deficit? The current account deficit is a measurement of a country’s trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the products it exports.

Tim Baker at Deutsche Bank argues the US’s larger current account deficit relative to other major economies reflects an expensive dollar. But President Donald Trump’s crusade to weaken the dollar and ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit widened sharply in the second quarter, reaching its highest level in more than two years amid a surge in imports of goods. The Commerce ...

Q1 Current Account:-$450.2B vs. -$442.8B consensus and -$312.0B prior (revised from -$194.8B), according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The wider deficit mostly reflected an ...

IMF data for 2025 shows China as the world’s largest surplus economy. Its surplus jumped from $293 billion in 2015 to $641 ...

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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's current account deficit reached $9.77 billion in September, wider than the $7.75 billion shortfall forecast by economists in a Reuters poll, central bank figures released ...

The trade deficit has long been a fixture in political debates, often presented as a sign that America is falling behind economically. Candidates talk about it as if it's a national failing, something ...

The deficit between what we earn overseas and what we spend has continued to narrow, now to 3.5% of GDP, compared with a level of 9% three years ago; global credit rating agencies should be happy ...

The preliminary estimate of the UK's net international investment liability position was £261.4 billion at the end of Quarter 3 (30 September) 2025, compared with £243.4 billion at the end of Quarter ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's 12-month current account deficit nearly tripled in January from a year ago and the central bank acknowledged it may soon go uncovered by foreign direct investment, ...

MUMBAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - India's current account deficit moderated in the July-to-September quarter on the back of a lower merchandise trade deficit, the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. The ...