Year Begins With 5.4% Rise In Trade Deficit to $67 Billion
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.
Annual Goods Trade Deficit Has Fallen, But Still Beats $1 Trillion. China Deficit Shrinks By Billions.
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.
WSJ Continues to Cry About Tariffs. Here’s Where They Are Wrong.
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.
U.S. Trade Deficit Surprisingly Falls In November But 2023 Goods Deficit Still Over $1 Trillion
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
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
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
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
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.
May Trade Deficit Falls 7.3% to $68.9 Billion; China Deficit Drops 20%
The U.S. trade deficit remains on par to crack $1 trillion again. Meanwhile, a soft decoupling from China can be seen in the latest trade data.
U.S. Trade Deficit Rises 23% in April; Goods Gap Breaks Record For Year
China as a source for American imports is on the wane thanks to tariffs, other business risks. But strong dollar keeps imports booming.