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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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

Cyprus recorded an improvement in its current account balance in the third quarter of 2025, with the deficit narrowing to €95.00 million, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus.The deficit was lower ...

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, ...

Kenya's current account deficit expanded further in the third quarter (Q3) of last year, driven by higher imports relative to exports.Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Q3 Gross ...

New Zealand’s current account deficit has narrowed dramatically after a downward revision to imports because of more low-value parcels arriving from e-commerce retailers like Temu. The deficit ...

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 ...

Reversing America's trade deficit has been a cornerstone of the Trump administration's trade policy and an electoral promise the president prepared to make good on. A report by Barclays foreign ...