The current account deficit is equal to about 5 percent of the total American economy.

Similarly, there is no easy way to deal with the trade and current account deficits.

Inflation and the current account deficit would decline by mid-1996.

In a sense, the current account deficit is an indicator of strength.

A. If we win the war, it will be easier to finance the current account deficit.

The current account deficit is running at 5.5pc and 711,000 of the nation's 22m people are unemployed.

The current account deficit hit a high of $153.96 billion in 1987.

That means the current account deficit will not be much better than last year's $1.4 billion.

We need that capital because of the huge current account deficit this country is running.

So, he says, "It may not take much to get the markets focused back on the current account deficit."