Trump tariffs are hitting consumer prices, but it's unclear if this is the start of runaway inflation. Plus, what new ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are racing to get trade deals done ahead of a self-imposed deadline, at which point tariffs are set to rise for dozens of countries across the world.

The August 1 deadline gives the countries time to negotiate agreements that could lower the tariffs. Some investors and ...

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from ...

They might start by pointing to the “current account,” the record that offers the broadest picture of the trade balance. It includes imports, exports and things such as cross-border transfers ...

The balance of trade lately has averaged around 4% of the size of the economy as a whole. Meanwhile, GDP growth has been averaging about 2.75% a year.

THE Philippines’ balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a surplus of $226 million in June 2025, the Bangko Sentral ng ...

In February, the overall U.S. trade deficit was $122.7 billion, down $8 billion from January when it was at a record high, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Though the balance of dividend and interest payments was a favorable $375,000,000 and miscellaneous transactions yielded another $30,000,000 credit, the U. S. wound up the year owing other ...

All this “fake” trade deficit does is reduce China’s reported current account surplus—as the goods surplus in the balance of payments is now about $300 billion (over 1.5 percentage points ...