current account surplus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcurrent,accountandsurplus
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current
adjective
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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account
noun
uk/əˈkaʊnt/us/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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surplus
noun[C or U]
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.pləs/us/ˈsɝː.pləs/
(an amount that is) more than ...
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(Definition ofcurrent,accountandsurplusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The currentaccountsurplusaccompanied by the surge in capital inflows in the mid-1990s put too much strain on that strategy.
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The deterioration in the net foreign asset position is then followed by a currentaccountsurplus.
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The economy runs a currentaccountsurplus, thus generating a positively growing stock of foreign assets.
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For example, the liquidity benefits of having a money market fund are greatly reduced if the agent already has a large bankaccountsurplus.
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The initial value of its foreign bonds plus the capitalized value of the currentaccountsurplusalong the balanced growth path must sum to zero.
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Currentaccountsurplussuggested in a very plausible way that the zloty was undervalued.
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As a result, our currentaccountsurpluswas made up of a huge surplus on invisibles, largely because of the shipping industry.
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The currentaccountsurplusof £2,575 million in this period is one of the largest in the country's history.
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We saw the first currentaccountsurplussince the first quarter of 1987 in the third quarter of last year.
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Our currentaccountsurplusin 1982 was over £4·5 billion—almost as high as the record surplus in 1981, which came to over £6 billion.
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Net outward capital flows will have to be increased to the extent that this lower exhange rate may have increased the currentaccountsurplus.
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The oil exporting countries, on the other hand, will have a currentaccountsurplusof over $130 billion in 1980.
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Our balance of payments figures show a currentaccountsurplusof £2 billion in the last six months.
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It has the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, at almost $400 billion, and had a currentaccountsurplusof around $80 billion last year.
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There was a currentaccountsurplusof about £0.8 billion.
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It is a case for relaxing exchange control because of the genuine currentaccountsurplus.
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It is fair to say that at the moment nearly all factors are in favour of a balance-of-payments currentaccountsurplusfor this country.
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This net outflow is the natural reflection of the large currentaccountsurplusearned over the period.
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A figure is worked out on the capital invested in the business, and the final result shows a telephoneaccountsurplusfor 1947–48 of £10,500,000.
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What is more, they will lead to a currentaccountsurplusof £30 billion in the three years.
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