US current account deficit narrows to USD81b


(MENAFN) The US current account deficit narrowed to USD81.1 billion in the last quarter of 2013, Xinhua reported



The US Commerce Department said that the decrease in the current account deficit was due stronger exports



The current account deficit in the period narrowed from USD96.4 billion in the quarter before it, the department said



The country"s deficit to gross domestic product decreased to 1.9 percent from 2.3 percent in the previous quarter


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