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Monthly Trade Deficit Suddenly Rises 8.7%, Surpassing Three-Month Trend Line

Monthly Trade Deficit Suddenly Rises 8.7%, Surpassing Three-Month Trend Line

Archive, China, commentary, Commentary Featured, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaJune 6, 2024

The monthly goods and services trade deficit between the U.S. and the rest of the world has skyrocketed by a whopping 8.7% to $74.6 billion in April, putting the month well above the three month trend line.

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Goods Deficit Flat at $91.4 Billion in February, As Mexico Takes Over China’s Position as Top Source of Imports

Archive, China, commentary, Commentary Featured, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaApril 5, 2024

While the month-over-month goods deficit with China fell by around $3.7 billion, the deficit with Mexico rose by $2 billion over the same period.

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Year Begins With 5.4% Rise In Trade Deficit to $67 Billion

Archive, China, commentary, Commentary Featured, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Guest Opinion & Press Releases, Newsroom, op-ed, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaMarch 7, 2024

January 2024 posted a 5.4% gain in the monthly goods and services deficit, rising to $67.4 billion, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today.

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Annual Goods Trade Deficit Has Fallen, But Still Beats $1 Trillion. China Deficit Shrinks By Billions.

Archive, China, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Industrial Policy, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaFebruary 7, 2024

The annual trade deficit has fallen. Yet for 2023, our trade deficit of $773 billion was once again the world’s largest. Our goods deficit, at $1.06 trillion, exceeded a trillion dollars for the third year in a row.

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WSJ Continues to Cry About Tariffs. Here’s Where They Are Wrong.

Archive, China, commentary, Commentary Featured, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Industrial Policy, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaJanuary 22, 2024

The Wall Street Journal has started 2024 bemoaning tariffs. They are for losers, the WSJ Inside View columnist Andy Kessler wrote in December, ending 2023 with a taste of what is expected to come this year, an election year.

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U.S. Trade Deficit Surprisingly Falls In November But 2023 Goods Deficit Still Over $1 Trillion

Archive, commentary, Commentary Featured, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Newsroom, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaJanuary 9, 2024

The U.S. trade deficit fell by 2% in November over the previous month, with both exports and imports relatively flat ahead of the holiday season.

October Trade Deficit Up 5% As EU, Mexico Goods Gap Breaks 2022 Levels

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Issues, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaDecember 6, 2023

The October trade deficit rose, but the biggest takeaway from the latest data is how much the China goods gap is in decline this year.

Trade Deficit Rises 4.9% In September As This Year’s Goods Gap Set To Topple $1 Trillion Again

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Issues, Newsroom, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaNovember 7, 2023

The September trade deficit rose over August with no end in sight to a record breaking goods gap led by imports from China, the EU and Mexico.

Trade Deficit Falls 9.9% As Economy Slows. Meanwhile, EU Trade Gap Beats Mexico

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, NewsroomBy Kenneth RapozaOctober 5, 2023

The deficit fell in August thanks to US crude oil exports and autoparts shipments to Mexico, for example. But overall, the goods deficit rages on and will break $1.03 trillion this year.

As June Trade Deficit Falls, U.S. Still On Track to Repeat $1 Trillion Trade Gap with World

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Issues, Newsroom, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaAugust 8, 2023Leave a comment

The June deficit fell for the second month in a row, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. is not on track for another trillion-dollar trade gap with the world. China remains largest single source of the trade deficit.

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