pre_text: 6. Income Taxes Income tax expense (benefit) for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows (in thousands):
table: 2019 2018 2017
table: Current:
table: Federal  $15,160 $63,814 $78
table: State  — 234 33
table: Foreign  11,943 10,134 10,016
table: 27,103 74,182 10,127
table: Deferred:
table: Federal  (3,498) (2,958) 77
table: State  827 (447) 38
table: Foreign  (7,093) 23,793 (481)
table: (9,764) 20,388 (366)
table: $17,339 $94,570 $9,761
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in the total current income tax expense between 2017 and 2018?