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February trade deficit rises to 6-month high of US$47.1b
Published Tue, Apr 5, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
AMERICA'S trade deficit widened in February to a six-month high as an increase in imports exceeded a more modest pick-up in shipments overseas.
The gap increased 2.6 per cent to US$47.1 billion from a revised US$45.9 billion in January, the Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was a US$46.2 billion February shortfall.
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