Friday, 15 June 2007

US Q1 current account widens to $192.6 bln

(Reuters) - The department also significantly lowered its estimate of
the 2006 current account gap to $811.5 billion, from $856.7
billion previously reported. It also lowered its estimate of
the current account deficit for other years dating back to
2001, while raising estimates for the years 1997 through 2000.




The department said the revisions reflected newly available
source data and a methodological change.


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