Learn what a trade deficit is, how it affects economies and markets, and why it might not always signal a weak economy.
China's trade surplus hit a record $1.2 trillion in 2025. Trump had always prefaced his tariffs by pointing to China's trade ...
Zooming out and looking over the history of the budget back to 2016 shows a more complete picture. The change since Covid is ...
The Finance Minister could request the remaining Bank Indonesia surplus before the books close. A stopgap for weakening ...
The Trump administration has chosen the elimination of the U.S. trade deficit as its chief economic policy objective. This is misguided. In almost all cases, the magnitude of a country’s trade deficit ...
Japan reported a trade deficit of JPY 234.6 billion in September 2025, significantly missing market expectations, which had forecasted a JPY 22 billion surplus. Despite the miss, the figure narrowed ...
In recent speeches and media scrums, President Donald Trump has lauded the federal budget surplus for the month of June, claiming the surplus had not happened in “many, many years” or “decades.” To be ...
As President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package this week to help U.S. farmers hurt by tariffs, he placed responsibility for the U.S. agricultural trade deficit on former President ...
China’s exports to India have grown by 13.46 per cent between the first nine months of the 2024-2025 financial year and the ...