https://freerepublic.com/tag/currentaccounts/ en-us Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:33:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1428773/posts The increasing attention paid to growing U.S. current account deficits has bred nightmare scenarios of a sharp decline in the foreign-exchange value of the dollar and rising U.S. interest rates. Financial markets, by contrast, appear more sanguine. Inflation-indexed bonds in the U.S. are yielding only about 1.5% in real terms, and the IMF's estimate of the long-term world real interest rate is about 2%. Capital markets rightly estimate low current real rates of interest, though the outcome affords little comfort. Alan Greenspan has termed the fall in long-term rates in the presence of a rising federal funds rate a "conundrum."... Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1428773/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:33:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982757/posts US Q2 current acct gap $138.67 bln Monday September 15, 8:29 am ET WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. current account, seasonally adjusted, as reported by the U.S. Commerce Department. In Billions of Dlrs/Credits: . Q2'03 Q1'03 Rev from Q2'02 Current Account -138.67 -138.71 -136.11 -122.83 Goods Balance -137.98 -136.02 -136.00 -121.29 Services Balance 14.57 14.39 14.43 16.40 Invest.Income Bal. 1.68 0.19 2.57 -4.46 Total Exports 311.00 310.28 311.91 307.62 Goods Exports 174.03 173.35 173.25 171.42 Services Exports 73.96 74.03 74.60 72.28 In Billions of Dlrs/Credits: . Q2'03 Q1'03 Rev from Q2'02 Total Imports -432.73 -431.72 -430.91 -416.96 Goods... Biz.Yahoo/Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982757/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:40:13 GMT