trade balance

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Durable goods orders for March, delayed Feb. housing starts and the trade balance for March will be released at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

The yen was mixed against other G-10 and Asian currencies in early trade, but may weaken on the prospect that rising oil prices could worsen Japan’s trade balance, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The trade balance, also known as the current account, comprises only a part of this ledger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Weekly jobless claims, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey and the U.S. trade balance are all due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

These influences—the shifting of the foreign trade balance in favor of the United States and the subsequent check to gold exports—were factors on which no finance minister could have reckoned.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur