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Current Account Balance

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Current account balance
The difference between the nation's total exports of goods, services and transfers and its total imports of them. Current account balance calculations exclude transactions in financial assets and liabilities.

Current Account Balance
The balance of trade within a country, less the value of financial transfers. That is, the current account balance is the difference between the value of goods and services a country exports and the value of the goods and services it imports.


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