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Current-Account Balance, Fourth Quarter The U.S. current-account deficit decreased to $112.4 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2016 from $116.0 billion (revised) in the third quarter of 2016, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Answer: The current account deficits of U.S. may have reflected a few reasons such as (I) a historically. high real interest rate in the U.S., which is due to ballooning federal budget deficits, that kept the dollar. strong, and (ii) weak competitiveness of the U.S. industries.