A current account surplus increases a country's net foreign assets by the corresponding amount, and a current account deficit does the reverse.

经常项目顺差增加了一个国家相应金额的外国资本净额，经常项目逆差则恰好相反。

youdao

Finally, the article discusses the conditions and possibility of realizing the reverse the two accounts in future in U. S. , based on the characteristics of Current Account and Net Foreign Assets.

最后，本文还根据美国现阶段经常项目或国外净资产的特点，讨论美国今后一阶段实现经常项目收支逆转或国外净资产逆转的经济稳定增长条件，并分析发生逆转的可能性。

youdao

The net result is that many foreign funds that are otherwise inclined to purchase assets in the U.S. might be less likely to do so in order to avoid the hassle.

但其结果是，许多有意购买美国资产的外国基金因为怕引火烧身而敬而远之。

youdao

It will by the same token continue, at least as rapidly as Japan, to increase its net foreign assets.

FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down

Low net worth individuals owning a high proportion of foreign currency assets would likely need to sell some of these assets if their cash deposit holdings (in Japan) did not cover their (immediate) needs.

FORBES: Will Japan Slow the Brazilian Carry-Trade?

However, this is a net figure: the gross figures might be purchases of foreign assets of 10% of GDP, and sale of British assets of 4% of GDP.

FORBES: Mind-Bending Idiocy Is The Reason We Don't Have A Gold Standard Today