February 25, 2026
“The goods and services trade gap expanded from the prior month to $70.3 billion, Commerce Department data showed Thursday. The shortfall culminated in a full-year deficit of $901.5 billion, still one of the largest in data back to 1960. The… Continue Reading…
February 11, 2026
“The U.S. deficit with its global trading partners nearly doubled in November as the shortfall with the European Union swelled. Following a month where the trade deficit hit its lowest level since early 2009, it shot up to $56.8 billion,… Continue Reading…
February 3, 2026
“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Big Apple’s wealthiest residents must pay more in taxes to help close a looming budget deficit that tops $12 billion. Mamdani, a Democrat, downplayed fears from some of the city’s business elite… Continue Reading…
March 13, 2025
“…Government spending eased slightly on a monthly basis though it still far outpaced revenue, according to a Treasury Department statement Wednesday. The deficit totaled just over $307 billion for the month, nearly 2½ times what it was in January and… Continue Reading…
March 6, 2025
“…The trade gap surged 34.0% to an all-time high of $131.4 billion from a revised $98.1 billion in December, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said on Thursday. The percentage change was the largest since March 2015. Economists… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2024
“Washington continues to spend like deficits and debt don’t matter, and the politicians would rather you don’t know. For the record, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday that the federal budget deficit for the first six months of fiscal 2024,… Continue Reading…
March 19, 2024
“U.S. crude oil futures cracked $81 a barrel on Thursday, ending the day at the highest level since early November as the International Energy Agency now forecasts a supply deficit for 2024. The West Texas Intermediate contract for April rose $1.54 ,… Continue Reading…
February 8, 2024
“The annual trade shortfall shrank nearly 19% to $773.4 billion from a record in 2022, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday. In December, the deficit in goods and services trade widened slightly from the prior month to $62.2 billion. The figures… Continue Reading…
June 7, 2022
“The gap in goods and services trade narrowed $20.6 billion, or 19.1%, to $87.1 billion, Commerce Department data showed Tuesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for an $89.5 billion deficit. The figures aren’t adjusted for… Continue Reading…
December 29, 2021
“The U.S. trade deficit in goods mushroomed to a record in November as imports surged and exports slipped. The goods trade deficit widened last month by 17.5% to $97.8 billion from $83.2 billion in October, the Commerce Department said on… Continue Reading…
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