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account of credits, debits, receipts, and expenditures between two individuals or companies, usually providing for settlement at the end of specified accounting periods; (in certain foreign countries) a checking account

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  • Its current-account deficit is an admirable 3 percent of GDP.
  • Does it matter who is financing U.S. current-account deficits?
  • The country's current-account deficit is set to hit 10% in 2008.
  • And none of them had current-account deficits anywhere close to America's.
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