The deficit represented 2.9% of ‍gross domestic product, the smallest since the first quarter of 2020 and down from 3.3% in ...

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.

The current account measures how much a country earns and spends with the rest of the world. When earnings from exports, services, and remittances exceed spending on imports and payments abroad, it ...

Learn what a trade deficit is, how it affects economies and markets, and why it might not always signal a weak economy.

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 ...

The twin deficits hypothesis has long been central to macroeconomic debates, positing that a government’s chronic fiscal deficit may generate or exacerbate a current account deficit. This ...

The current account deficit of the balance of payments widened to USD 3.5 billion in November (compared to USD 1.3 billion in November last year), which is due to the expansion of the goods trade ...