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US Data: Current Account - Summary>

Release for: First Quarter 2019
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Billions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                                                    change
                                                                    latest
                                        Q3-18     Q4-18     Q1-19  quarter
Balance on current account           -125.739  -143.927  -130.403    13.524
 Previous Values                     -126.604  -134.377
Balance on goods, services           -163.424  -171.146  -154.609    16.537
Balance on goods                     -227.902  -232.323  -216.525    15.798
Balance on services                    64.478    61.177    61.916     0.739
Balance on primary income              64.724    60.059    61.111     1.052
Balance on secondary income           -27.039   -32.841   -36.905    -4.064
Balance on capital account              0.521     2.721     0.000    -2.721
Net lending/borrowing:curr,cap acct  -125.218  -141.206  -130.403    10.803
Net lending/borrowing:financial acct  -57.381  -161.621   -37.754    123.867
Current acct as pct of GDP                NA       2.8%      2.5%
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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