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title: "Why does the world current account balance not equal to zero?"  
description: "Why does the world current account balance not equal to zero?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40106/why-does-the-world-current-account-balance-not-equal-to-zero  
category: "world economy"  
tags: ["world economic outlook (weo)"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why does the world current account balance not equal to zero?

Why does the [world](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half) current [account](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/33699/how-tech-is-disrupting-the-accounting-world) [balance](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/299458/work-stress-and-mental-health) not equal to [zero](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1264/add-a-zero-to-the-returned-value-if-there-is-no-zero)?

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