Some analysts predict that the current account could swing into deficit next year if the global outlook gets much worse.

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It was the dollar that was losing support, as swing voters fretted about America's current-account deficit.

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But they account for over 20% of the population in several swing states, including Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Mexico.

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