Trade deficit narrows in January
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The deficit in trade in goods shrank to 6.2 billion pounds in January from 6.9 billion in December, official data showed Tuesday.
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THE US trade deficit shrank to $US51.6 billion ($67.86 billion) in September, an improvement brought about as exports posted their best month on record.
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Retail sales fell 0.3 percent in January &#151; the weakest showing in five months &#151; as a big drop in demand for cars offset strength at clothing and department stores. Spending was powered mostly by consumers anxious to use holiday gift cards.
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Britain's manufactured output fell by 0.2 percent in January from the December figure, official data showed on Friday.
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The US trade gap narrowed to a four-month low in July helped by car and food sales, official data shows.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly in July as exports continued to grow this year at a stronger pace than imports, even though both categories set records, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
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The U.S. current account deficit shrank in the fourth quarter of 2006 to its smallest in more than a year as lower oil prices took a bite out of imports and U.S. exports continued to rise, a Commerce Department report showed on Wednesday.
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The U.S. trade deficit in October  narrowed by the biggest amount in nearly five years, as oil  import prices plunged for a second consecutive month and  exports edged up to a new record, a Commerce Department report  showed on Tuesday.
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The U.S. current account deficit shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter of 2006 to $195.8 billion, as lower oil prices took a bite out of imports and U.S. exports continued to rise, a Commerce Department report showed on Wednesday.
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The nation's trade deficit narrowed in July as exports rebounded from an unusually weak June and the price of oil imports slipped, adding to evidence that the US economy is moving out of its recent soft patch.
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The trade deficit narrowed in April, as American businesses exported more goods and services to meet rising demand from overseas.
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The United States trade deficit shrank to $51.6 billion in September, as exports posted their best month on record. In another report, new claims for jobless
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants reported their weakest January performance in nearly four decades.
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A gauge of future economic activity rose modestly in January, an industry-backed trade group said Wednesday, suggesting the U.S. economy will continue to post modest gains in the coming months.
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The U.S. trade deficit declined slightly in July, helped by record exports that offset the biggest foreign oil bill in nearly a year. But even a spate of recalls did not stop the deficit with China from climbing to the second-highest level on record.
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WASHINGTON -- The US trade deficit shrank to $51.6 billion in September, an improvement brought about as exports posted their best month on record.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The US trade deficit narrowed in July as imports fell for the first time in almost a year, the Commerce Department reported Friday.