Al-Riyadh newspaper | Australia records a deficit in its current account

Australia’s current account balance recorded a deficit of 27.1 billion Australian dollars during the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Jonathan Khoo, head of the Bureau’s International Statistics Department, said: “Trade in goods and services turned into a deficit for the first time since the last quarter of 2017, as a result of a decline in exports of mining goods and an increase in imports of data center equipment and fuel.”