What a joke! U.S. trade deficit surges 18.9% in July

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. trade deficit jumped 18.9% in July owing to a big snapback in imports, the government said Thursday. The trade gap increased to $63.6 billion from $53.5 billion in the prior month - above the $58.9 billion MarketWatch forecast. Imports shot up 10.9% while exports advanced 8.1%. The increase in both imports and exports is a good sign in many ways, pointing to stronger consumer spending at home and increased demand for American-made goods abroad. Yet global trade is still considerably weaker compared to before the coronavirus pandemic and it will take time to recover. U.S. exports, for example, were 26% lower in July compared to the same month in 2019.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-trade-deficit-surges-189-in-july-2020-09-03?

 

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• Trade war does not help, Mr. President! -上房山- ♂ (177 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:22:41

• Without Trump, it would have been much more! -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:26:47

• It's naturally increasing year after year -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:27:46

• Does it mean the trade war is helpless, or even hurting US busin -上房山- ♂ (177 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:41:36

• slow down first, and move to more friendly countries -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 07:17:37

• They will never move back to US, period! -上房山- ♂ (177 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 07:24:11

• Of course not all! Some will for sure. -fakegreen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 08:21:36

• Very little and negligible -上房山- ♂ (177 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 09:03:02

• Proof? Do you know that you need to prove it? -上房山- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:32:38

• 如果不trade war，逆差上涨会更大。 -箫邦邦- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:27:05

• How do you know that? You do not have a proof! -上房山- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:29:51

• trade war之前的涨幅您查过了吗？就这么毫无根据地信口而言？ -落花起作回风舞- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:34:19

• Does the trade war help or not? -上房山- ♂ (212 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 06:49:02

• "U.S. exports, for example, were 26% lower in July compared to t -tutu64- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 07:00:55

• 理论上说， deficit 肯定增加。 如果那些产品没有回来生产， 而是转到其他国， 价格比原来中国产贵吧。 -Doingwell- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/04/2020 postreply 07:05:36