US Tariffs Reducing Trade Deficit; Continued Improvement in 2020
By Steven L. Byers, PhD and Jeff Ferry The US trade deficit in goods and services for January 2020 fell 6.7 percent from December, to $45.3 billion, as January’s monthly imports decreased more than exports. On a year-over-year basis, January’s goods and services deficit fell $8.5 billion, or 15.8 percent, from January 2019, continuing the…
