U.S. imports were higher than exports by about $106 billion in August, with the U.S. buying more products like crude oil, gold and semiconductors from abroad.

Trump’s tariffs are intended to narrow the gap. It is widening.

August's trade gap blew past forecasts while the stock market shrugged and climbed higher, and the reason behind both moves points to a spending wave that could just as easily flip into the next ...

The trade deficit in August was $105.6 billion, a 13.8% increase from July's revised $92.8 billion deficit.

New data from the Commerce Department showed that imports grew in the month, despite the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

The US trade deficit widened sharply in August to the largest since early 2025 as a surge in inbound shipments of capital goods helped push imports to a record.

The US goods and services trade deficit widened sharply to $105.6 billion in August, rising $12.7 billion from a revised $92.8 billion in July, ...

Whilst Donald Trump’s trade war was intended to reduce the US trade deficit and boost domestic industry, the deficit reached ...

The U.S. trade deficit grew to $88.6 billion in July, rising to its highest level in more than a year, according to new data released Thursday by the Commerce Department. The deficit increased by ...

The U.S. trade deficit grew significantly month over month-by 13.7 basis points-hitting a whopping $105.6 billion, the ...

The August trade deficit came in at -$106B, $20B higher than it was when this analysis was last produced, only 3 months ago.

Wall Street is not the economy, so we are told. Nowhere is this clearer than the AI revolution, which is firing US stocks to ...