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Country or Region: United States (US, USA or America) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (US Dollars) › See all United States indicators, › See Current Account Balance (US Dollars) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. Source: Haver Analytics Latest actual data: 2010 BOP Manual used: BPM 5. Certain provisions of BPM 6 have been incorporated as of July 2010 Primary domestic currency: U.S. dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for United States in year 2010 is US$ -470.244 Billion

This makes United States No. 184 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (US Dollars) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (US Dollars) value is US$ 6.76 Billion; United States is US$ 477.00 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for United States was US$ -378.43 Billion Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for United States in 2010 was or will be 24.26% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for United States was or will be US$-493.88 Billion, which is 5.03% more than the 2010 figure.