"Figure 1: The UK current account deficit widened in Quarter 4 2018","" "UK current account balances as a percentage of gross domestic product, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec)." "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","Trade in goods","Trade in services","Total primary income","Total secondary income ","Current Account " "2016 Q1","-6.4","5.0","-3.0","-1.1","-5.5" "2016 Q2","-6.2","5.0","-2.8","-1.1","-5.2" "2016 Q3","-7.8","5.0","-2.2","-1.2","-6.3" "2016 Q4","-6.5","5.7","-2.0","-1.1","-4.0" "2017 Q1","-6.7","5.4","-0.8","-0.9","-3.0" "2017 Q2","-6.8","5.4","-1.4","-1.3","-4.1" "2017 Q3","-6.6","5.5","-1.0","-1.1","-3.1" "2017 Q4","-6.7","5.7","-1.3","-0.8","-3.0" "2018 Q1","-6.1","5.1","-1.3","-1.1","-3.4" "2018 Q2","-6.5","5.1","-0.8","-1.1","-3.3" "2018 Q3","-6.5","4.9","-1.4","-1.3","-4.3" "2018 Q4","-6.9","5.1","-1.6","-1.1","-4.4"