U.S. trade deficit narrows slightly
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America's trade deficit improved slightly in June as record sales of U.S. farm products and other exports blunted the impact of soaring crude oil prices.
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The U.S. trade deficit grew 2.3 percent in May, pushed up by higher oil prices, but the year-to-date gap remains lower than in 2006.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy, struggling under the weight of a bloated trade deficit, grew at a relatively modest 2.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter, a slower pace of expansion than previously thought...
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The US trade deficit narrowed more than expected in July, but still was the second highest on record at $50.1 billion even though imports dropped for the first time in 10 months and exports leapt higher, the US government said on
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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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The trade deficit narrowed slightly  in July as exports continued to outpace imports, the government  said on Tuesday, suggesting trade could offer a welcome lift to  third-quarter economic growth.
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The US trade deficit narrowed in July from the prior month&#39;s record as exports rose and a decline in oil shipments contributed to the first drop in imports in 11 months, the Commerce Department said in Washington.
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The US trade deficit narrowed as exports reached a record in April, according to fresh government figures that bode well for the American economy.
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A record drop in oil import prices  pushed the U.S. trade deficit in October to its lowest level in  more than a year, while U.S. exports rose to a new high, 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 weak dollar is not solving the problem with the trade deficit, only reduced consumption of imports can and it doesn&#39;t help that the per unit cost keeps rising.
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The gap between how much the US exports and imports has narrowed to its lowest level in more than a year.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than expected in December as record exports remained one bright spot of a weakening economy, while claims for jobless benefits also fell last week, data showed on Thursday.
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U.S. government bond prices briefly extended losses on Friday after a narrower-than-expected trade gap suggested to traders that economic growth in the second half may improve.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed  sharply in September, aided by a slide in the value of the  dollar, which helped push exports to record levels, a  government report showed on Wednesday.
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The countryâs trade deficit narrowed in January as coal and manufacturing exports rose, signaling that growth may pick up in the Asia-Pacific regionâs fifth-largest economy. The trade shortfall narrowed to 876 million Australian dollars ($677 million) from 1.38 billion Australian dollars in December, the Bureau of Statistics reported. Exports rose 2 percent and imports dropped 1 percent. Total exports climbed to 18.12 billion Australian dollars in January. Farm exports like meat, sugar, wheat and wool declined 1 percent. Shipments of nonrural goods, which include minerals, increased 3 percent. Total imports fell to 18.99 billion Australian dollars from December. Imports of intermediate goods, which include fuel, decreased 1 percent.
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German exports fell slightly in August, the government's statistics agency said Friday, in a sign that the strong support from exports for the country's budding recovery is beginning to ease.