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

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.

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 ...

As Iran claims control over the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions, crude prices near $84 per barrel have raised concerns over India’s current account deficit, fiscal health and ...