trade balance

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If commodity prices rise and a country’s import bills swell, trade balances would deteriorate, and that tends to hurt currencies, noted Angrick.

From The Wall Street Journal

The trade balance, also known as the current account, comprises only a part of this ledger.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sometimes inventories and trade balances can exaggerate the ups and downs in GDP, but that wasn’t the case in the fourth quarter.

From MarketWatch

A big increase in imports of digital trade equipment also swung the trade balance toward a greater deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weekly jobless claims, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey and the U.S. trade balance are all due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch