The current account records a country's imports and exports of goods and services, foreign investors' payments, and transfers, such as foreign aid. Learn why it matters.

On the surface, this appears to be a net loss for the U.S. Indeed, the standard economics calculation for gross domestic ...

THE CURRENT account balance may seem to be an abstruse economic concept. But in countries that are spending a lot more abroad than they are taking in, the current account is the point at which ...

The U.S. current account deficit, driven by the United States' widening trade deficit, is the largest it has ever been, both as a share of the U.S. economy and in dollar terms. How much longer can the ...