Current account deficit

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(CAD).

A measurement of a country's trade when the value of imported goods and services exceeds the value of exported goods and services.

It includes net income, such as interest and dividends, as well as transfers, such as foreign aid.

The current account (a calculation of a country’s foreign transactions), together with the capital account is a component of a country’s balance of payment.


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