Mumbai, June 25 -- The U.S. current-account deficit, which reflects the combined balances on trade in goods and services and income flows between U.S. residents and residents of other countries, widened by $138.2 billion, or 44.3 percent, to $450.2 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised fourth-quarter deficit was $312.0 billion.
The first-quarter deficit was 6.0 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, up from 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter.
The $138.2 billion widening of the current-account deficit in the first quarter mostly reflected an expanded deficit on goods.
Exports of goods and services to, and income received from, foreign res...