Posted on 06/17/2016 5:05:18 AM PDT by cba123
WASHINGTON (AP) — The deficit in the nation's broadest measure of trade increased in the January-March quarter to the highest level in more than seven years.
The current account trade deficit jumped 9.9 percent in the first quarter to $124.7 billion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. It was the biggest gap since a deficit of $152.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, the height of the financial crisis.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9b40ee4dfc9346db8c4f2a013d4ef9e7/us-current-account-trade-deficit-highest-level-7-years
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