Is the current account about to get a whole lot worse?

In recent years the UK’s external position has benefited greatly from a strong net inflow of income on its overseas investments. But changing economic conditions such as a US-led global slowdown could reduce this flow significantly, widening the current account deficit and possibly putting the sterling exchange rate under downward pressure.

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