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U.K. Current Account

Latest Release

Sep 30, 2024

Actual

-28.4B

Forecast

-32.5B

-13.8B

The Current Account Balance calculates the difference in value between exported and imported goods, services and interest payments over the reported month. The goods portion is the same as the monthly Trade Balance figure. Because foreigners must use the domestic currency to pay for the nation's exports, the data can have a sizable impact on the GBP.

A reading that is stronger than forecast is generally supportive (bullish) for the GBP, while a weaker than forecast reading is generally negative (bearish) for the GBP.

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Currency: GBP

Source: Office for National Statistics

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Sep 30, 2024 (Q2)	06:00	-28.4B	-32.5B	-13.8B
Jun 28, 2024 (Q1)	06:00	-21.0B	-17.7B	-21.2B
Mar 28, 2024 (Q4)	07:00	-21.2B	-21.3B	-18.5B
Dec 22, 2023 (Q3)	07:00	-17.2B	-13.1B	-24.0B
Sep 29, 2023 (Q2)	06:00	-25.3B	-15.0B	-15.2B
Jun 30, 2023 (Q1)	06:00	-10.8B	-8.5B	-2.5B

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