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

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.

Current accounts are often the preferred bank account for salaried professionals to receive monthly wages. They are also used by self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs because they need to ...

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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 ...

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 ...