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Economics

Balance of Payments and Current Account Deficits

Quick fact

The United States has run a current account deficit every year since 1982, yet it remains one of the world's largest economies.

Why this is interesting

Every country is like a household, but what happens when a country spends more than it earns every year? It seems impossible, yet many nations do it for decades. How?