The IMF's First Deputy Managing Director stressed the need for the U.S. to reduce its current account deficit, despite its weakened policy position. Still, the U.S. dollar remains central to the ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the United States to address its rising fiscal deficit as a key step toward ...

Explore the differences between current and capital accounts and how they affect a nation's net income and asset-liability balance.

A current account surplus means that a country's exports are worth more than its imports. Learn how current accounts affect competitiveness in world trade.