Trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the US economy. The February ...
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest ...
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President Donald Trump’s tariff policies did little to shrink the overall 2025 trade deficit. However, deficits did fall with several major U.S. trading partners including Canada, Japan and South ...