Analysts had expected the overall gap to narrow to $ 49.8 billion, based on a significant improvement in the advance trade goods gap. (bondbuyer.com)
This is backed by the latest Office for National Statistics figures showing that Britain's trade deficit narrowed — with the overall gap between imports and exports narrowing to # 1.5 bn in July, down from the previous # 4.3 bn. (totalpolitics.com)
It is important to keep in mind, however, that the differences observed between all of these groups are dwarfed by the overall gap between the public's understanding of school expenditures and teacher salaries, and the truth. (educationnext.org)