trade balance

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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

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

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

Since then, the U.S. trade balance has bounced around as companies adjust to a rapid series of policy tweaks, trade deals and other supply-chain pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The effect of this reversal of Anglo-American trade balance was a decline in the exchange value of the pound sterling, which was normally worth $4.86-½ in American money, to the unprecedented level of $4.50.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)