US Trade Deficit Up 10% Over 2016, On Track for $550B This Year
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director New trade figures from the Department of Commerce show the US international trade picture continues to deteriorate. The US trade deficit in June hit $43.6 billion, almost the same as the year-ago June level of $43.8 billion. But for the first half of this year, at $276.6 billion, the…