March 2017 US International trade balance -43.7bn vs -44.5bn exp

March 2017 US goods trade balance revision 4 May 2017

  • Prior -43.6bn. Revised to -43.8bn

  • Exports -0.9% vs 0.1% prior

  • Imports -0.7% vs -1.8% prior

  • Goods trade balance revision -64.2bn vs -64.8bn prelim. Prior -63.9bn

The international trade balance came in better than expected but it only creeped in better than last month due to the revision. The bigger worry is the overall drop in activity with both exports and imports lower.

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