Current vs. Capital Accounts: Understanding Balance of Payments

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

IMF calls for US fiscal consolidation to bring down 'too big' current account deficit

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 ...
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Q1 current account deficit widens more than expected

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 ...
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U.S. current account deficit expands to $116.8 billion

WASHINGTON — The U.S. deficit in the broadest measure of trade rose to the highest level in a year during the first quarter. The Commerce Department said Tuesday the deficit in the U.S. current ...
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Current account deficit narrows 43% in Q2, slightly more than expected

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 ...