There can be consequences when the amount a country spends abroad is wildly different from what it receives from the outside world The current account balance seems to be an abstruse economic concept.

Dealing with the Venezuelan Regime and the Cartels It Enables The Filibuster ‘at This Point in Time’ No, Mr. President, the ‘Affordability Issue’ Is Not Dead Audio By Carbonatix Today, we learn that ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China’s current account surplus has fallen from 8 percent of China’s GDP to ...

The current account deficit of the balance of payments widened by USD 0.8 billion to USD 3.2 billion (compared to USD 2.4 billion in September 2024). This is stated in the materials of the NBU, the ...

New Zealand's current account balance of payments deficit was smaller than forecast in the old year's last quarter Indeed, it was the smallest since late 2014 But a Fed-focussed NZD didn't gain much ...

South Africa's current account balance swung to a deficit in the second quarter of this year from the previous three months as the trade surplus more than halved due to the impact of the COVID-19 ...

Union Bank of India projects India's current account deficit to nearly double to 1.2% of GDP in FY26, up from 0.6% in FY25, citing evolving trade dynamics and global commodity prices. A $10 per barrel ...