September's 8.0% Trade Deficit Increase Should Lower Q3 GDP
The U.S. September 2013 monthly trade deficit jumped from last month with a 8.0% increase and now stands at -$41,778 billion. The jump in the trade deficit should lower Q3 GDP upon the next revision....
View ArticleTrade Deficit Plummets on Oil Imports
The U.S. November 2013 monthly trade deficit plunged -12.9% from last month due to a massive drop in oil imports. While the press headlines blare November's $34.25 billion trade deficit is at a four...
View ArticleTrade Deficit Declines 7.7% on Crude Oil Imports
The U.S. November 2014 monthly trade deficit declined -7.7% from last month and now stands at -$39 billion. America still runs a surplus in services, now at $19.3 billion, but the goods deficit is...
View ArticleJune Trade Deficit Up 7.1%, Negligible Impact on GDP
Our trade deficit increased by 7.1% in June as the value of our exports fell and the value of our imports rose. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for June indicated...
View ArticleJuly Trade Deficit Falls by 7.3%, on Pace to Add 0.58 Percentage Points to...
Our July trade deficit fell by 7.3% from June as the value of our exports rose and the value of our imports fell. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for July indicated...
View ArticleAugust Trade Deficit Jumps by 15.6%, on Pace to Subtract 0.68 Percentage...
Our August trade deficit rose by 15.6% from July as the value of our exports fell and the value of our imports rose. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for August...
View ArticleSeptember Trade Revisions Will Add 11 Basis Points to 3rd quarter GDP
Our trade deficit fell by 15.0% in September, virtually reversing the 15.6% jump in August, as the value of our exports rose and the value of our imports fell. The Census report on our international...
View ArticleTrade Deficit a 43 Basis Point Hit to 4th Quarter GDP Despite A 5% Drop in...
Our trade deficit fell by 5.0% November, after rising by a revised 5.0% in October, as the net value of both our exports and imports decreased. The Census report on our international trade in goods...
View ArticleJanuary's Trade Off to a Bad Start; On Track to Knock a Half Point Off Q1 GDP
Our trade deficit rose by 2.2% January, while the net value of both our exports and our imports decreased. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for January indicated that...
View ArticleFebruary Trade Data Points to Some Bad Signs
The U.S. February 2016 monthly trade deficit increased 2.6% from last month and now stands at -$47.1 billion. America still runs a surplus in services, now at $17.7 billion, but the goods deficit is...
View ArticleThe 10.1% Increase in the May Trade Deficit Was Not Bad Enough to Hit GDP
Our trade deficit increased by 10.1% in May as the value of our exports decreased and the value of our imports increased. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for May...
View ArticleThe 18% Jump in Our October Trade Deficit Portends a Big Hit to Q4 GDP
Our trade deficit rose by 17.8% in October as the value of our exports decreased and the value of our imports increased. The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for October...
View ArticleFurther Deterioration of Trade Deficit in November Means A Bigger Hit to 4th...
The Census report on our international trade in goods and services for November indicated that our seasonally adjusted goods and services trade deficit rose by $2.88 billion to $45.24 billion in...
View ArticleOver Half a Trillion 2016 Trade Deficit
The U.S. December 2016 monthly trade deficit decreased 3.2% from last month and now stands at $44.3 billion. For all of 2016, the trade deficit increased 0.4% from the year previous. While that...
View ArticleTrade Deficit, Up 9.6% in January, on Track to Clip 78 Basis Points from Q1 GDP
Our trade deficit rose by 9.6% January, as the value of both our exports and our imports increased, but our imports increased by much more.
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