Clearly, America's current account deficit is unsustainable.

The other way the current account deficit could come to an end is if the inflow of capital into America stops.

The counterargument hinges on the difference between the current account deficit and the trade deficit.

Thus, in order to keep the current account deficit stable, the trade deficit must shrink.

Even the current account showed a deficit in January.

Decrease in Working Capital owing to General Fund income expenditure deficit

The annual capital inflow is equal each year to the US current account deficit the sum of the trade deficit plus the net interest and dividends that America s government and businesses owe to the rest of the world. The fall in the capital inflow would therefore bring with it a fall in the trade deficit.

If foreign debt matters more than public debt, the key variable requiring adjustment is the external deficit, not the fiscal deficit. A country that has a balanced current account does not need any additional foreign capital.

The US current account deficit and the Asian surplus will shrink.

The current account deficit is equal to the trade deficit plus the cost of servicing the net international asset position the net rent, interest, and dividends owed to foreigners who have invested their capital in the US.

The annual capital inflow is equal each year to the US current account deficit the sum of the trade deficit plus the net interest and dividends that America s government and businesses owe to the rest of the world.

Current Account Deficit , Virginia Association of Economics, Richmond, Virginia, 10 March 2005.

But the eurozone can increase its inflow of foreign capital only if it has a current account deficit, i.e., if it increases its imports relative to its exports.

It then cites global current account imbalances, particularly the US external deficit, describing it as unprecedented for a reserve currency country to have a current account deficit of such magnitude.

It then cites global current account imbalances, particularly the US external deficit, describing it as unprecedented for a reserve currency country to have a current account deficit of such magnitude.

Why can t the US current account deficit remain at its 2006 value indefinitely?

The current account deficit has been almost eliminated, and the banking crisis contained.

The current account deficit has been almost eliminated, and the banking crisis contained.

Taking that into account, the adjusted quot real quot 1992 1993 deficit was

Moreover, the 1992 1993 deficit of 17.1 million eroded UNRWA working capital and emergency reserves.

16. The trade account deficit was the most troubling characteristic of the external sector.

The US current account deficit has been the most widely discussed indicator of global imbalances.

That could bring its current account into balance or even into slight deficit by 2015.

Yet the quarterly US current account deficit actually increased from 195 billion to 205 billion.

Doesn t the country s persistent current account deficit reflect excessive consumption, rather than weak effective demand?

But a chronic current account deficit is unsound, unfair, and unsustainable in the long run.

The US alone ran a current account deficit of 739 billion (5.3 of its GDP).

This resulted in an operating deficit of 7,569,198 in the combined ONUSAL ONUCA special account.

Third, the net flow of capital is from emerging markets to the US this is what it means to have current account surpluses in emerging markets and a deficit in the US.

The fall in the capital inflow would therefore bring with it a fall in the trade deficit.

The US current account deficit, which is identical to net capital imports, grew steadily to an annual 811 billion in 2006, or 6 of GDP by far the largest since the Great Depression.

The US current account deficit, which is identical to net capital imports, grew steadily to an annual 811 billion in 2006, or 6 of GDP by far the largest since the Great Depression.

After all, America s still large current account deficit guarantees that the dollar will continue to fall.

The United States' current account deficit reached 5.7 of GDP in the second quarter of 2004.

With the current account deficit now exceeding 5 of GDP, US foreign debt is rising fast.

At the onset of its crisis, Argentina s budget deficit, public debt, and current account deficit (as a share of GDP) were about 3 , 50 and 2 , respectively.

The current account deficit is increasing relentlessly, owing to a widening trade deficit (now at 13 of GDP), raising the danger of a balance of payments crisis.

Since 2007, the US current account deficit has narrowed, but not because of a higher savings rate.

Germany experienced a consumption and construction boom after unification, with full employment and a current account deficit.

Once upon a time, until 1997, America's current account deficit was relatively small just 1 of GDP.

In this connection the Committee understands that the ONUMOZ account has been in deficit on several occasions.

France is southern in its current account deficit, but northern in its borrowing costs (slightly above Germany s), owing partly to inflows of capital fleeing the south, as well as to modest but positive economic growth.

This deficit reflects an underlying research deficit.

This is why capital account regulations are allowed under IMF rules, and why the attempt to introduce capital account convertibility into the IMF s Articles of Agreement was defeated in 1997.

The large trade deficit and equally large current account deficit (which includes net investment income) implies that foreign investors must add 700 billion of US securities to their portfolios.