Reducing the US current account deficit will be hard if they don't reduce their surplus. Or maybe I have too much sympathy for the economists who had to draft the international chapter.

St. Louis Fed economist Ana Maria Santacreu examines countries’ current account surpluses and deficits and finds there is a discrepancy between global exports and imports. The current account of ...

The UK has long run a current account deficit ... in the value of energy imports will turn Italy’s current account surplus into a small deficit this year, while Germany’s surplus will shrink ...

The 20-nation bloc's adjusted current account surplus increased to 24.32 billion euros in February from 18.63 billion a month earlier. Based on unadjusted data, it was 21.27 billion euros after a 705 ...

Rather, the current accounts should be evaluated based on volume, not deficit or surplus. Is a Current Account Deficit the ...