B in May vs. -$78.7B consensus and -$54.6B in April (revised from -$55.9B), according to data released by the Census Bureau ...

The May U.S. trade deficit came in at negative $77.6 billion, a jarring jump from April’s negative $54 billion and the widest ...

A trade deficit occurs when a country buys more goods from other nations than it sells to them. Thus the total value of imports is greater than that of exports. A trade deficit can be assessed through ...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in May as imports of capital goods ...

The US trade deficit surged to $77.6 billion in May 2026, up from $54.6B in April, as imports rose 3.3%. Here's what it means ...

President Donald Trump’s original plan for addressing the purported threat posed by the longstanding U.S. trade deficit, which the Supreme Court rejected in February, involved declaring an imaginary ...

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...

The US trade deficit surged 42.2% to $77.6 billion in May 2026, driven by record capital goods imports and falling exports, ...