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发帖数: 6442 | 1 The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in October as exports weakened
following a summer surge, and imports jumped, setting up a likely drag on
overall economic growth in the final months of 2016.
The trade gap for goods and services surged 17.8% from a month earlier to a
seasonally adjusted $42.6 billion in October, the Commerce Department said
Tuesday. That was the steepest one-month rise since March 2015, and took the
deficit to its highest level since June. Economists had expected an October
trade gap of $42.1 billion.
Imports from China hit their highest level in a year. With exports outpacing
imports, the politically sensitive U.S.-China trade deficit fell 4.2
percent to $31.1 billion in October. | n***y
发帖数: 2730 | 2 这是Bloomberg的评论：
Highlights
The nation's trade deficit widened substantially in October, to a higher-
than-expected $42.6 billion and reflecting a 1.8 percent decline in exports
and a 1.3 percent rise in imports. The nation's trade deficit in goods
totaled $63.4 billion offset only in part by a small rise in the trade
surplus in services to $20.8 billion.
Goods exports were soft across the board including for foods/feeds/beverages
(down $1.4 billion in the month) and also industrial supplies (down $1.0
billion). Exports of consumer goods fell $0.9 billion with exports of
capital goods, barely in the plus column, held down by a $0.6 billion dip in
civilian aircraft. The offset is services exports which at $63.3 billion is
the highest on record and largely reflects global demand for the nation's
technical and managerial services.
The import side of the data shows heavy U.S. buying, at a $231.3 billion
total in the month which is the highest since August last year. Details show
a $1.1 billion increase in capital goods which is a negative for the
national accounts but a positive for the nation's productive investment.
Imports of consumer goods shot up $2.4 billion ahead of the holidays.
By country, the gap with China narrowed by $1.4 billion to $31.1 billion
reflecting unusually high U.S. exports to China. The gap with the EU widened
to $13.1 billion, with Mexico the gap widened to $6.2 billion and with
Japan to $5.9 billion.
The widening trade deficit in October gets the net export component of
fourth-quarter GDP off on the wrong foot. |
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