U.S. International Transactions: Fourth Quarter and Year 2018

摘要

The U.S. current-account deficit - a net measure of transactions between the United States and the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income-increased to $134.4 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2018 from $126.6 billion (revised) in the third quarter (chart 1 and table A). The deficit was 2.6 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter, up from 2.5 percent in the third quarter.