"Figure 3: Current account balances of the G7 economies, 2007, 2014 and 2015, percentage of nominal GDP","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Data for Japan in 2007 is sourced from the Japanese Cabinet Office." "Unit","Percentage of nominal GDP " "","" "G7 economy","2015","2014","2007" "Germany","8.5","7.3","6.7" "Italy","2.2","1.8","-1.5" "Japan^1^","3.3","0.8","4.9" "France","0.0","-0.9","-0.3" "Canada","-3.2","-2.3","0.8" "USA","-2.6","-2.3","-5.0" "UK","-5.4","-4.7","-2.4"