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.

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

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 ...

Turkey posted a record current-account surplus in August as tourism revenues and a narrower trade gap boosted inflows, offering temporary relief to the country’s external finances. The current account ...

Korea’s current account surplus shrank sharply in October after a long Chuseok holiday cut factory workdays and prompted more overseas travel, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said on Friday. According to the ...

Australia's current account balance fell by $2.8 billion in December quarter 2025 (current prices, seasonally adjusted) to a ...

Japan saw a record current account surplus for the second straight year in 2025, posting a 31.88 trillion yen surplus on higher returns on foreign investments and a smaller trade deficit due to ...