trade balance

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The seasonally adjusted trade balance was 3.5 billion euros in March, a decrease from 6.5 billion euros in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The trade balance for March is due 8:30 a.m., with job openings, new-home sales and the Institute for Supply Management’s services index all coming at 10 a.m.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

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

Middle East tensions pose challenges to Japan’s trade balance, DBS’s economics team said, given the country’s significant dependence on the region for crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The state of the trade balance between ourselves and other countries at this moment affords grounds—I do not say for anxiety, but for serious thought.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various