US Trade Balance
It’s a leading indicator of consumer demand – a rising surplus indicates that foreigners are buying more of the country's resources;
The goods portion has a muted impact because it's a duplicate of the Goods Trade Balance data released about 5 days earlier. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported;
- US Trade Balance Graph
- History
Expected Impact / Date | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
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Jun 6, 2024 | -74.6B | -76.2B | -68.6B |
May 2, 2024 | -69.4B | -69.5B | -69.5B |
Apr 4, 2024 | -68.9B | -66.9B | -67.6B |
Mar 7, 2024 | -67.4B | -63.4B | -64.2B |
Feb 7, 2024 | -62.2B | -62.0B | -61.9B |
Jan 9, 2024 | -63.2B | -64.9B | -64.5B |
Dec 6, 2023 | -64.3B | -64.1B | -61.2B |
Nov 7, 2023 | -61.5B | -59.7B | -58.7B |
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- US Trade Balance News
- From bea.gov|Jun 6, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $74.6 billion in April, up $6.0 billion from $68.6 billion in March, revised. table April exports were $263.7 billion, $2.1 billion more than March exports. April imports were $338.2 billion, $8.0 billion more than March imports. The April increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $5.9 billion to $99.2 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.1 billion to ...
- From bea.gov|May 2, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $69.4 billion in March, down $0.1 billion from $69.5 billion in February, revised. tables March exports were $257.6 billion, $5.3 billion less than February exports. March imports were $327.0 billion, $5.4 billion less than February imports. The March decrease in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $0.8 billion to $92.5 billion and an increase in the services surplus of ...
- From bea.gov|Apr 4, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $68.9 billion in February, up $1.3 billion from $67.6 billion in January, revised. tables February exports were $263.0 billion, $5.8 billion more than January exports. February imports were $331.9 billion, $7.1 billion more than January imports. The February increase in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of $0.3 billion to $91.4 billion and a decrease in the services surplus ...
- From bea.gov|Mar 7, 2024
January exports were $257.2 billion, $0.3 billion more than December exports. January imports were $324.6 billion, $3.6 billion more than December imports. The January increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $3.0 billion to $91.6 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.3 billion to $24.2 billion. Year-over-year, the goods and services deficit decreased $2.9 billion, or 4.1 percent, from January 2023. Exports decreased $1.0 billion or 0.4 percent. Imports decreased $3.9 ...
- From bnnbloomberg.ca|Feb 7, 2024
The US trade deficit narrowed last year by the most since 2009 as the value of imported goods declined and the services surplus increased. 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 aren’t adjusted for inflation. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a December shortfall of $62 billion. The narrowing ...
- From bea.gov|Feb 7, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $62.2 billion in December, up $0.3 billion from $61.9 billion in November, revised. tables December exports were $258.2 billion, $3.9 billion more than November exports. December imports were $320.4 billion, $4.2 billion more than November imports. The December increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $0.7 billion to $89.1 billion and an increase in the services ...
- From bea.gov|Jan 9, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $63.2 billion in November, down $1.3 billion from $64.5 billion in October, revised. charts November exports were $253.7 billion, $4.8 billion less than October exports. November imports were $316.9 billion, $6.1 billion less than October imports. The November decrease in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of $0.6 billion to $89.4 billion and an increase in the services ...
- From bea.gov|Dec 6, 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $64.3 billion in October, up $3.1 billion from $61.2 billion in September, revised. table October exports were $258.8 billion, $2.6 billion less than September exports. October imports were $323.0 billion, $0.5 billion more than September imports. The October increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $3.5 billion to $89.8 billion and an increase in the services ...
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