Sentences with phrase «trade deficit widening»

With the US trade deficit widening, foreign central banks can be counted on to print more money and buy even more US debt this year.

The U.S. trade deficit widened 8 %, as a fall in U.S. exports in September suggests the global economy is struggling to gain traction quickly enough to offset tepid demand at home.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Washington's trade deficit widened in January to the highest level since the financial crisis.

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Barclays also said that the analysis did include an assumption that the tariffs could «significantly widen» the $ 50.5 billion trade deficit, possibly prompting another round of tariffs.

As a result, the US trade deficit in batteries is forecast to widen further through 2015.

The rationale for these measures is that they'll reduce American trade deficits — in particular, the widening deficit with China — and thus benefit the U.S. economy.

By the end of the trading day on October 16, which was a Friday, the DJIA had lost 4.6 percent.5 The weekend trading break offered only a brief reprieve; Treasury Secretary James Baker on Saturday, October 17, publicly threatened to de-value the US dollar in order to narrow the nation's widening trade deficit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened in September as exports hit a five - month low, a sign that slowing global demand could undercut economic growth in the fourth quarter.

He suggested this might add to inflation risks; accelerate the need for interest - rate hikes; strain mortgages; and ultimately widen the import - export trade deficit, which is the source of trade tensions.

Economists surveyed anticipated that gain, while they also called for a 2,500 decline in employment and the trade deficit to widen to C$ 1.6 billion.

And Mr. Trump's signature economic policy so far — the $ 1.5 trillion tax cut — is likely to widen the trade deficit in coming years by encouraging more investment in the United States, many economists say.

The overall United States trade deficit in goods and services with the world widened 12.1 percent to $ 566 billion last year, the largest gap since 2008.

It estimates that the existing $ 5.3 billion trade deficit with Europe will widen significantly as a result of the CETA, exceeding $ 7 billion within a decade.

The American trade deficit fell in March, yet the goods gap with China, $ 106 bln this year so far, keeps widening.

This amounts to a 7.7 percent widening of the U.S. trade deficit with China that has occurred on Trump's watch.

The trade deficit in the US widened to $ 43.5 billion in September from $ 42.8 billion in August, led by a faster pace in imports, which rose by 1.2 percent, offsetting a 1.1 - percent increase in exports.

As a result of these trends, the external trade deficit has widened to 5.7 per cent of GDP, and imports are now around 60 per cent larger than the level of exports.

OTTAWA (MNI)- Canada goods trade deficit reached a record high C$ 4.1 billion in March, widening from C$ 2.9 billion in February, which was slightly revised from C$ 2.7 billion, leading to a deterioration of the balance in the first quarter that does not bode well for net export contribution to GDP growth, according to data from Statistics Canada.

The monthly trade data suggest that the trade component of the deficit widened slightly in the September quarter.

The UK's trade deficit expanded by a further # 1.39 billion in August, widening to # 5.63 billion from # 4.24 billion at the end of July, the highest since September 2016.

Concerns over negative economic impacts, such as a widening trade deficit with China, increased control of certain sectors by Chinese state - owned enterprises (SOEs), and intensified competition in the labour market for mid-skilled and less educated Canadian workers in particular; [1]

While economic growth accelerated, the trade deficit in goods and services widened to $ 566 billion last year, the largest amount since 2008.

And a bigger current - account deficit means that the already - large trade deficit will only widen further, violating one of the main tenets of Trumponomics — that making America great again requires closing the trade gap.

These events have contributed to a decline in the volume of exports, a fall in Australia's terms of trade and a widening of the current account deficit.

This, together with rapid growth in imports flowing from strong domestic demand, led to a substantial widening of the deficit on trade in goods and services (Graph 44).

The result has been a substantial widening of the deficit on trade in goods and services.

In the March quarter, the current account deficit was 5.4 per cent of GDP, driven largely by a widening in the trade deficit to 1.8 per cent of GDP.

[1] In the United States, trade has been expanding somewhat faster, as strong domestic demand has induced ongoing growth in imports; exports have also staged a recovery, though not one that has been sufficient to arrest further widening of the trade deficit.

By imposing tariffs, President Trump is sticking to his campaign pledge to rebalance the nation's widening trade deficit with the rest of the world.

[50] In May 1995, sales were threatened by the U.S. government's proposal of 100 percent tariffs on upscale Japanese cars in response to the widening U.S. - Japan trade deficit.

Because India's imports of coal grew by 31 % this year... And just to cheer you all up, «India's coal imports are likely to touch a whopping 185 million tonnes (MT) by 2017, almost 20 % of the international dry - fuel trade amid widening demand - supply deficit, according to Planning Commission.»

The weekly jobless claims number was higher than expected in the US, with the trade deficit also widening more than expected, while the British construction PMI was also a negative surprise, but equity markets couldn't care less.

«Sluggishness overseas alongside a strengthening U.S. dollar will widen the trade deficit and slow economic growth potential,» he said.

It's not only President Donald Trump who needs to worry after claiming his policies of deregulation, deficit - widening fiscal measures and trade protectionism will lift the world's largest economy out of a decade of mediocre growth.