U.S. International Transactions: Fourth Quarter and Year 2017

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 $128.2 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2017 from $101.5 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 2.1 percent in the third quarter.