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U.S. Trade Balance

Latest Release

Nov 05, 2024

Actual

-84.40B

Forecast

-83.80B

-70.80B

The Trade Balance measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services over the reported period. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD.

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Currency: USD

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Dec 05, 2024 (Oct)	15:30		-75.70B	-84.40B
Nov 05, 2024 (Sep)	15:30	-84.40B	-83.80B	-70.80B
Oct 08, 2024 (Aug)	14:30	-70.40B	-70.10B	-78.90B
Sep 04, 2024 (Jul)	14:30	-78.80B	-78.80B	-73.00B
Aug 06, 2024 (Jun)	14:30	-73.10B	-72.50B	-75.00B
Jul 03, 2024 (May)	14:30	-75.10B	-76.30B	-74.50B

News

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Analysis

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