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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| Jan 7, 2025 | -78.2B | -78.3B | -73.6B |
| Dec 5, 2024 | -73.8B | -75.2B | -83.8B |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -84.4B | -83.8B | -70.8B |
| Oct 8, 2024 | -70.4B | -70.1B | -78.9B |
| Sep 4, 2024 | -78.8B | -78.8B | -73.0B |
| Aug 6, 2024 | -73.1B | -72.5B | -75.0B |
| Jul 3, 2024 | -75.1B | -76.3B | -74.5B |
| Jun 6, 2024 | -74.6B | -76.2B | -68.6B |
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- US Trade Balance News
From bea.gov|Jan 7, 2025The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $78.2 billion in November, up $4.6 billion from $73.6 billion in October, revised. November exports were $273.4 billion, $7.1 billion more than October exports. November imports were $351.6 billion, $11.6 billion more than October imports. The November increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $5.4 billion to $103.4 billion and an increase in the services surplus of ...
From bea.gov|Dec 5, 2024The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $73.8 billion in October, down $10.0 billion from $83.8 billion in September, revised. tables October exports were $265.7 billion, $4.3 billion less than September exports. October imports were $339.6 billion, $14.3 billion less than September imports. The October decrease in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of $10.4 billion to $98.7 billion and a decrease in the services ...
- From bea.gov|Nov 5, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $84.4 billion in September, up $13.6 billion from $70.8 billion in August, revised. tables September exports were $267.9 billion, $3.2 billion less than August exports. September imports were $352.3 billion, $10.3 billion more than August imports. The September increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $14.2 billion to $109.0 billion and an increase in the services ...
- From bea.gov|Oct 8, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $70.4 billion in August, down $8.5 billion from $78.9 billion in July, revised. tables August exports were $271.8 billion, $5.3 billion more than July exports. August imports were $342.2 billion, $3.2 billion less than July imports. The August decrease in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of $8.4 billion to $94.9 billion and an increase in the services surplus of $0.1 billion ...
From barchart.com|Sep 4, 2024The dollar index (DXY00) Wednesday fell by -0.48%. The dollar retreated Wednesday after the US July trade deficit widened by the most in 2 years. Lower T-note yields Wednesday also weighed on the dollar. Losses in the dollar accelerated after the US July JOLTS job openings fell more than expected to a 3-1/2 year low, a dovish factor for Fed policy. The dollar maintained moderate losses after the dovish Fed Beige Book was released. The US July trade deficit widened to -$78.8 billion from -$73.0 billion in June, the largest deficit in ...
- From bea.gov|Sep 4, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $78.8 billion in July, up $5.8 billion from $73.0 billion in June, revised. tables July exports were $266.6 billion, $1.3 billion more than June exports. July imports were $345.4 billion, $7.1 billion more than June imports. The July increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $5.6 billion to $103.1 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.2 billion to $24.3 ...
- From bea.gov|Aug 6, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $73.1 billion in June, down $1.9 billion from $75.0 billion in May, revised. tables une exports were $265.9 billion, $3.9 billion more than May exports. June imports were $339.0 billion, $2.0 billion more than May imports. The June decrease in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of $2.5 billion to $97.4 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.6 billion to $24.2 ...
- From bea.gov|Jul 3, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $75.1 billion in May, up $0.6 billion from $74.5 billion in April, revised. tables May exports were $261.7 billion, $1.8 billion less than April exports. May imports were $336.7 billion, $1.2 billion less than April imports. The May increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $0.9 billion to $100.2 billion and an increase in the services surplus of $0.3 billion to $25.1 ...
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