July 13, 2026 4:00 PM, EDT Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in February. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg) key takeaways: Treasury data from July 13 showed that the US budget deficit for the first nine months of fiscal year 2026 rose 2% to $1.37 trillion, a $120 billion gap in June. The reversal followed a
Containers and cranes at the Bayport Container Terminal at the Port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas on June 12. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg) July 7, 2026 10:41 am, EDT key takeaways: The US trade deficit widened in May due to a broad increase in imports and a decline in exports, making the gap the largest in
US oil exports hit record levels in April as the Iran war severely disrupted Middle East trade. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg) June 26, 2026 9:41 am, EDT key takeaways: The U.S. merchandise trade deficit widened 27.4% to $105.8 billion in May, the largest decline in more than a year. Exports fell 5.4% while imports rose 3.6%, with