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Current Account

The Current Account released by the National Statistics is a net flow of current transactions, including goods, services, and interest payments into and out of the UK. A current account surplus indicates that the flow of capital into the UK exceeds the capital reduction. A high reading is seen as positive (or Bullish) for the GBP, whereas a low reading is seen as negative (or Bearish).

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STARTED - Tuesday 30 June 2026 06:00

The typical/expected market impact of this event is low.

£-18.392B

Revised

£-27.178B

Forecast

£-21.5B

Actual

£-22.1B

Lower numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for xxx/GBP pairs and bearish for GBP/xxx pairs.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Current Account was £-22.1B against a forecast of £-21.5B.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Tuesday 30 June 2026 06:00

£-21.5B

£-22.1B

Tuesday 31 March 2026 06:00

£-23.4B

£-18.392B

Monday 22 December 2025 07:00

£-21.3B

£-12.067B

Tuesday 30 September 2025 06:00

£-23.6B

£-28.939B

Monday 30 June 2025 06:00

£-19.7B

£-23.456B

Friday 28 March 2025 07:00

£-24.5B

£-21.028B

Monday 23 December 2024 07:00

£-24.1B

£-18.099B

Monday 30 September 2024 06:00

£-32.2B

£-28.397B

Friday 28 June 2024 06:00

£-17.6B

£-20.995B

Thursday 28 March 2024 07:00

£-21.4B

£-21.177B

Friday 22 December 2023 07:00

£-15B

£-17.175B

Friday 29 September 2023 06:00

£-15B

£-25.289B

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for GBP. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Current Account result:

		Previous	Latest
Gross Domestic Product (QoQ)	(no change)	0.6%	0.6%
Gross Domestic Product (YoY)	Bearish change	1.1%	0.9%
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bearish change	49.7	49.4
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	53.9	53.1
S&P Global Services PMI	Bearish change	49.3	48.7
Retail Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	-1%	1.2%
Retail Sales (YoY)	Bullish change	0.1%	3.2%
Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.1%	1.2%
Retail Sales ex-Fuel (YoY)	Bullish change	1.1%	4.6%
GfK Consumer Confidence	(no change)	-23	-23
BoE MPC Vote Rate Cut	(no change)	0	0
BoE MPC Vote Rate Hike	Bullish change	1	2
Average Earnings Excluding Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	(no change)	3.4%	3.4%
Average Earnings Including Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	(no change)	4.4%	4.4%
Claimant Count Change	Bearish change	8.3K	31.2K
Claimant Count Rate	Bearish change	4.4%	4.5%
Employment Change (3M)	Bearish change	148K	100K
ILO Unemployment Rate (3M)	Bullish change	5%	4.9%
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.2%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	(no change)	2.8%	2.8%
Core Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	2.5%	2.6%
PPI Core Output (MoM) n.s.a	Bearish change	0.9%	0.8%
PPI Core Output (YoY) n.s.a	Bearish change	2.6%	2.3%
Producer Price Index - Output (MoM) n.s.a	Bearish change	1.5%	0.5%
Producer Price Index - Output (YoY) n.s.a	Bearish change	4.1%	4%
Retail Price Index (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.2%
Retail Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3%	3.1%

About Current Account

Country:	United Kingdom
Currency:	GBP
Source:
Category:	Capital Flows
Frequency:	Quarterly

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