Fourth quarter US current account data

  • Largest CA deficit since 2009
  • Prior quarter was a deficit of $100.6 billion (revised to $101.5B)
  • Q4 2017 deficit was $114.01B
  • Exports $878.76B
  • Imports $1006.91B
  • Income receipts $243.95B
  • Income payments $186.75B

Imports rising faster than exports is the story here.