trade gap
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The trade gap in goods and services widened by 14% in August from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted number of roughly $106 billion, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The overall trade gap surged from the month prior by 42.2 percent to $77.6 billion, according to data from the Commerce Department.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Economists had expected the trade gap to narrow from December’s C$1.3 billion to about a C$1.1 billion deficit for the latest month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The trade gap totaled $54.5 billion in January, running close to its annual average for the month over the past decade.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
To finance the trade gap, Mexico City had become increasingly reliant on volatile portfolio investment.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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