United States Current Account  1960-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The US current account deficit narrowed to USD 101.5 billion or 2.0 percent of the GDP in the second quarter of 2018 from a downwardly revised USD 121.7 billion gap or 2.4 percent of the GDP in the first three months of the year and compared to market expectations of a USD 103.5 billion shortfall. It is the smallest current account gap since the last quarter of 2015. The goods deficit decreased to USD 203.2 billion from USD 220.8 billion in the first quarter of 2018, as exports rose faster than imports and the services surplus increased to USD 69.3 billion from USD 66.8 billion. Meantime, the primary income surplus fell to USD 60.8 billion from USD 61.2 billion while the secondary income gap declined to USD 28.5 billion from USD 28.9 billion. Current Account in the United States averaged -47886.67 USD Million from 1960 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 9957 USD Million in the first quarter of 1991 and a record low of -215769 USD Million in the third quarter of 2006.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-03-21 12:30 PM Current Account $-128.2B $-101.5B $-125B $ -125B
2018-06-20 12:30 PM Current Account $-124.1B $-116.2B $-129B $ -123B
2018-09-19 12:30 PM Current Account $-101.5B $-121.7B $-103.5B -122.1B
2018-12-19 01:30 PM Current Account $-101.5B $ -105B


United States Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade -50082.00 -45739.00 1946.00 -67823.00 USD Million [+]
Exports 211077.00 213195.00 214668.00 772.00 USD Million [+]
Imports 261159.00 258934.00 261159.00 577.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account -101460.00 -121710.00 9957.00 -215769.00 USD Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -2.40 -2.40 0.20 -6.00 percent [+]
External Debt 19180854.00 19019303.00 19180854.00 6570168.00 USD Million [+]
Terms of Trade 106.98 98.39 168.28 91.82 Index Points [+]
Capital Flows 52174.00 189669.00 272938.00 -193364.00 USD Million [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 45701.00 48155.00 48155.00 -9988.00 USD Million [+]
Net Long Term Tic Flows 74804.00 -36459.00 157830.00 -72882.00 USD Million [+]
Gold Reserves 8134.00 8134.00 8149.05 8133.46 Tonnes [+]
Crude Oil Production 10674.00 10442.00 10674.00 3971.00 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 5.43 4.88 7.39 3.70 [+]
Tourism Revenues 21491.00 21434.00 21502.00 6496.00 USD Million [+]
Tourist Arrivals 6145476.00 7750318.00 8364940.00 2095665.00 [+]
Weapons Sales 12394.00 10304.00 16071.00 1769.00 USD Million [+]

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United States Current Account

Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid). This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Current Account - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-101460.00 -121710.00 9957.00 -215769.00 1960 - 2018 USD Million Quarterly




current account by Country
Country Last
Argentina -9623.00 Mar/18
Australia -13472.00 Jun/18
Brazil -4433.00 Jul/18
Canada -15880.00 Jun/18
China 58.00 Jun/18
Euro Area 31.93 Jul/18
France 542.00 Jul/18
Germany 15300.00 Jul/18
India -15807.13 Jun/18
Indonesia -8028.00 Jun/18
Italy 8607.00 Jul/18
Japan 2010.00 Jul/18
Mexico -3882.10 Jun/18
Netherlands 21821.00 Mar/18
Russia 22300.00 Jun/18
Saudi Arabia 11065.00 Mar/18
Singapore 22832.40 Jun/18
South Africa -163760.00 Jun/18
South Korea 8757.80 Jul/18
Spain 490.00 Jun/18
Switzerland 18134.28 Mar/18
Turkey -1750.00 Jul/18
United Kingdom -17720.00 Mar/18
United States -101460.00 Jun/18


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