trade balance

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America ran a balance-of-payments deficit throughout the 1950s and ’60s, even though the trade balance was a surplus in most years before 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Other major markets for Chinese products, such as the European Union, are alarmed by the imbalance in their trade balance with China.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The EU’s trade balance for January-October 2025 ran just about even with the year before, shrugging off, for now, both the pricier euro and U.S. tariffs.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

The impact of   drought and strong import demand pushed the trade deficit up in   recent years, although the trade balance improved in 2006.

From The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency