The United States current account deficit narrowed by $22.8 billion, or 9.2%, to $226.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, more than market expectations of a $238 billion deficit. The reduction in the gap was mostly due to a narrowing in the goods deficit to $267.4 billion from $270.4 billion after firms pared back on imports after front-loading foreign purchases to dodge aggressive tariffs passed by the US Presidential Administration. In the meantime, the services surplus expanded to $89.2 billion from $80.6 billion. The primary account swung to a surplus of $5.2 billion from a deficit of $5.8 billion and the secondary income deficit narrowed slightly to $53.5 billion from $53.6 billion.