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Current Account  
Released On 12/19/2018 8:30:00 AM For Q3:2018
 PriorPrior RevisedConsensusConsensus RangeActual
Balance$-101.5 B$-101.2 B$-125.0 B$-132.6 B to $-120.0 B$-124.8 B
US 6-Mo ChartGlobal Current
performance relative to consensus

Consensus Outlook
Pulled down by a widening in the net exports deficit, the current account deficit is expected to deepen to a consensus $125.0 billion in the third quarter vs $101.5 billion in the second quarter.

Relative Performance Index

Econoday's RPI provides a handy summary measure of how an economy has recently been evolving relative to market expectations.
A reading above zero means that the economy in general has been performing more strongly than expected and vice versa for a reading below zero. The closer is the value to the maximum (+100) or minimum (-100) levels, the greater is the degree to which markets have been under- or over-estimating economic activity. A zero outturn would imply that, on average, the market consensus has been correct. Note too that the index is sensitized to place extra weight upon those indicators that investors consider to be the most important.

 

Definition
The current account, on a quarterly basis, measures the U.S. international balance in goods and services trade as well as unilateral transfers. (Bureau of Economic Analysis) Why Investors Care

2018 Release Schedule
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