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12-04-2013, 01:59 PM #1
All-time record high exports shrink Oct. trade deficit
Record high exports shrink Oct. trade deficit
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY9:41 a.m. EST December 4, 2013
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U.S. exports hit an all-time record in October, pushing down the U.S. trade deficit, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
After falling three straight months, exports rose 1.7% to a record $192.7 billion.
Higher shipments of industrial supplies, including oil, liquid natural gas and chemicals, partly drove the increase. Auto exports dipped.
Imports also jumped 0.5% to a 19-month high of $233.3 billion on sales to the U.S. of industrial supplies and consumer goods.
The trade gap fell 5.4% from September to $40.6 billion. A narrower trade deficit boosts U.S. economic growth as American manufacturers and services companies sell more products overseas and U.S. consumers buy relatively fewer foreign goods and services.
A healthy increase in U.S. exports over the past three months "is an encouraging sign for both U.S. manufacturing growth and the state of global demand," RDQ Economics said in a research note.
However, an upward revision to the September trade deficit prompted the research firm to cut its estimate of third-quarter economic growth to 3% from 3.2%. The government's second estimate of third-quarter growth is scheduled to be released Thursday. Its initial estimate was 2.8%.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...tober/3866735/
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