THE CURRENT account balance may seem to be an abstruse economic concept. But in countries that are spending a lot more abroad than they are taking in, the current account is the point at which ...

In the second quarter of 2024, China reported a customs surplus of $250 Billion, a services deficit of $60 billion—and a current account surplus of only $50 billion. The gap between the current ...

The current account surplus of 1.2% of GDP in 2023 was the smallest surplus in 26 years since 1998 and also the smallest in 12 years since the surplus shrank to a single low digit of GDP ...

Millions of UK bank account holders could be missing out on a staggering £20 billion in interest rate boosts. So-called "current account coasters" who fail to capitalise on savings interest rate ...