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trade deficit

noun as in balance of payments

noun as in balance of trade

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Indeed, the rapid growth in international tourism has been a key factor in bringing down the trade deficit in recent years.

As a result, the trade deficit with China fell 12.4 percent from May to $26.6 billion.

The upshot is that the trade deficit, $702 billion in 2008, is shrinking—in real terms and as a percentage of the economy.

There was a second potentially fatal deficit that would require us to borrow from foreigners as well: the trade deficit.

Last year the trade deficit was $534 billion, down by nearly a quarter from 2008.

They show a lower volume of trade and a smaller trade deficit.

The cumulative trade deficit at the end of 1970 amounted to about 5.1 billion lei—the equivalent of about US$850 million.

The annual trade deficit in 1967 and 1968 was about 200 million leks.

For that period the overall trade deficit amounted to 278 million leva.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trade deficit, such as: balance of trade, bop, trade balance, and trade gap.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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