text: Current Account Gap Widens to Record  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit  widened slightly to a record \$164.71 billion in the third  quarter as the goods trade shortfall grew and the services  surplus shrank, the government said on Thursday.
inputs: Current Account Gap Widens to Record  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit  widened slightly to a record \$164.71 billion in the third  quarter as the goods trade shortfall grew and the services  surplus shrank, the government said on Thursday.