5 Year High For Import Inflation May Spur Deficit Jump — Panjiva
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5 Year High For Import Inflation May Spur Deficit Jump

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The U.S. goods deficit in March, the second to be reported under President Trump’s administration, may increase. Import prices rose 4.3% compared to a 3.6% growth in exports. The import figure included a 1% increase in non-fuel prices, the fastest since April 2012. This comes on top of a 7% rise in seaborne imports, Panjiva data shows. On a monthly basis prices fell 0.2% but shipments increased 2.1%. Economists currently expect the deficit to fall vs. February but to have jumped vs. last March. The importance of the deficit as a trade-success barometer for the administration may lead ...

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