Brad Setser: Richard Iley of BNP Paribas – the author, with Mervyn Lewis, of a new book on the US current account deficit--- doesn’t see the world quite the way I do. I put a lot of emphasis on the ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday called on the United States to reduce its growing fiscal deficit as the best way to bring down current ...

The U.S. current account deficit contracted sharply in the third quarter, signaling an improvement in the nation’s balance with the rest of the world. According to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. current account deficit contracted by the most on record in the second quarter as a flood of imports subsided. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said ...

The Commerce Department reports on the U.S. current account trade deficit for the July-September quarter. The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Wednesday. SMALLER DEFICIT: Economists ...