Explore the differences between current and capital accounts and how they affect a nation's net income and asset-liability balance.

The U.S. Current Account deficit narrowed 43% to -$251.3B in Q2 2025 from -$439.8B prior (revised from -$450.2B) in Q1, as tariffs depressed imports, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday called on the United States to reduce its growing fiscal deficit as the best way to bring down current ...

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 ...

Nouriel has already commented on the Economic Report of the President. He didn’t exactly like its international chapter. It didn’t rub me the wrong way quite as strongly - in part because I am more ...

A current account surplus means that a country's exports are worth more than its imports. Learn how current accounts affect competitiveness in world trade.

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 ...

Richard Cooper has an oped in today’s FT (avaible here, subscription needed) arguing that the US current account deficit is “not only sustainable, it is perfectly logical”. Cooper argues that a $500 ...

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, ...

Goods saw deficit of $69.7B last year, while services posted surplus of $63.5B, according to Turkish Central Bank data - Anadolu Ajansı ...

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s current account deficit eased to $5 billion in the second quarter, down by 15.8 percent from $5.9 billion a year ago, as stronger exports helped trim the trade gap, ...