U.S. Trade Deficit Hit Highest Figure Ever in November
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The trade deficit jumped sharply in November, rising to $60.3 billion, increasing by 7 percent over the month before.
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America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of &#36;55.5 billion in October as imports &#151; including those from China &#151; surged to the loftiest levels on record. Skyrocketing crude-oil prices also contributed to the yawning trade gap.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in December but was still the second-highest monthly figure ever. And that lifted the deficit for 2004 to $617.7 billion -- an all-time high that shattered the previous record, set in 2003, by 24 percent.
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit hit a record $68 billion in July as surging global oil prices pushed America's foreign oil bill to the highest level in history.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened much  more than expected in July to a record $68 billion dollars as  record oil prices pushed America's monthly oil import bill to  an all time high, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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The trade deficit jumped to the second-highest level in history as surging demand for foreign oil swamped a small gain in US exports, the government reported Thursday.
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The US trade deficit widened nearly 9 percent in October to a record $55.5 billion as sky-high oil prices helped propel imports into uncharted territory, the government said on Tuesday.
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A record US trade deficit is rekindling the globalization debate.
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The U.S. trade deficit surged to an all-time record of $764 billion in 2006, the Commerce Department said today, as high oil prices increased the nation's import bill and as American consumers continued loading up on products churned out in factories from China to Mexico.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened in  August to its second-highest level on record, fueled by the  highest oil import prices in 23 years and record imports from  China, the U.S. government said on Thursday.
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The politically sensitive U.S. trade  deficit widened more than expected in August to its  second-highest level on record, fueled by the highest oil  import prices in 23 years and record imports from China, the  U.S. government said on Thursday.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened more  than expected in December and grew 6.5 percent during all of  2006 to a record $763.6 billion, a U.S. Commerce Department  report showed on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit, propelled by a record foreign oil bill, surged to $54 billion in August, second highest level in history.
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The U.S. trade deficit set a fifth consecutive annual record in 2006, reflecting a huge jump in America's foreign oil bill and an all-time high for the trade gap with China. The year ended with the December deficit increasing more than had been expected.
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WASHINGTON -- The trade deficit dropped sharply in April even though the politically sensitive imbalance with China increased to the highest level in three months. Strong overseas demand pushed American exports to an all-time high.
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The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record of $617.7 billion last year as Americans' appetite for all things foreign from crude oil to imported cars hit all-time highs.
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The deficit in the broadest measure of trade climbed to a record high of &#36;164.7 billion in the third quarter of this year, reflecting Americans' hardy demand for imported oil and foreign-made goods.