{"version":"1","article":{"id":"us-international-transactions-q2-2026","slug":"us-international-transactions-q2-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=en","title":"U.S. current-account deficit widened to $246 billion in Q2","summary":"The deficit reached 3.0% of current-dollar GDP; the net international investment position was minus $22.42 trillion.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T22:07:16+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T22:07:16+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-06","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis","url":"https://www.bea.gov/index.php/news/2026/us-international-transactions-and-investment-position-2nd-quarter-2026","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/us-international-transactions-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-international-transactions-q2-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said the current-account deficit widened to $246.0 billion in the second quarter from a revised $212.6 billion in the first. The increase was $33.4 billion, or 15.7%. The deficit equaled 3.0% of current-dollar GDP, compared with 2.7% in Q1.","At quarter-end, the U.S. net international investment position was minus $22.42 trillion: U.S. residents’ foreign assets were $46.97 trillion and U.S. liabilities to foreign residents were $69.39 trillion. Q1 was revised to minus $21.27 trillion. Current-account flows and investment-position stocks are different measures."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The deficit reached 3.0% of current-dollar GDP; the net international investment position was minus $22.42 trillion.\n\nThe U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said the current-account deficit widened to $246.0 billion in the second quarter from a revised $212.6 billion in the first. The increase was $33.4 billion, or 15.7%. The deficit equaled 3.0% of current-dollar GDP, compared with 2.7% in Q1.\n\nAt quarter-end, the U.S. net international investment position was minus $22.42 trillion: U.S. residents’ foreign assets were $46.97 trillion and U.S. liabilities to foreign residents were $69.39 trillion. Q1 was revised to minus $21.27 trillion. Current-account flows and investment-position stocks are different measures.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}