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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The U.S.'s current account balance was -$310.9B in Q3, wider than the -$286.0B shortfall expected and Q2's -$275.0B, which was revised from -$266.8B, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Wednesday.

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 ...

Discover how current and capital accounts differ within the balance of payments, helping you understand international trade finance and economic transactions.

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 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 ...

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 ...