trade balance

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The trade balance for March is due 8:30 a.m., with job openings, new-home sales and the Institute for Supply Management’s services index all coming at 10 a.m.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Rising oil prices tend to support the dollar also thanks to the US being a net exporter of refined petroleum products and gas, in turn boosting the nation's trade balance.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Middle East tensions pose challenges to Japan’s trade balance, DBS’s economics team said, given the country’s significant dependence on the region for crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Because, during these last two years of world upheaval we have rolled up the immense favourable trade balance of over three billion dollars.

From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick