Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan on Thursday signaled that the central bank may need to keep short-term ...

CNBC’s Rick Santelli appeared stunned Friday when he read the latest trade deficit numbers live during “Squawk Box,” with the ...

President Donald Trump’s tariff steamroller just hit a constitutional brick wall.

Also referred to as a negative balance of trade, it can be calculated for goods, services, and international transactions. A trade deficit can emerge when a country becomes an ideal destination ...

The United States has been running consistent trade deficits since 1976 due to high imports of oil and consumer products. In 2018, the biggest trade deficits were recorded with China, Mexico ...

GDP is a measure of production. It’s calculated by adding up consumer spending, business investment, government spending and the balance of trade, or the difference between exports and imports.

foreign trade and international payments for 1936 ... Result was the smallest balance in favor of the U. S. since the days of Grover Cleveland ($34,000,000 as against $236,000,000 in 1935).

We got an early look at the balance of trade Thursday morning. Imports in February were more or less flat after surging in January, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, exports picked up.

It is well known that Trump is most concerned about the balance of trade with other countries, deeming a negative balance as either a subsidy to the other country or a rip-off. Most economists do ...

CNBC’s Rick Santelli appeared stunned Friday when he read the latest trade deficit numbers live during “Squawk Box,” with the ...