US trade deficit widens as exports fall to lowest level since 2009

Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/07/02/climate.jpg"/><figcaption>Shipping containers sit on train tracks downtown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2020. Lucy Nicholson, Reuters file photo </figcaption></figure></div>WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit widened in May as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed exports to their lowest level since 2009, strengthening expectations the economy will contract in the second quarter at its steepest pace since the Great Depression.The Commerce Department said on Thursday the trade deficit increased 9.7 percent to $54.6 billion. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the trade gap would widen to $53 billion in May.Exports tumbled 4.4 percent to $144.5 billion, the lowest since November 2009. Goods exports plunged 5.8 percent to $90.0 billion, the lowest since August 2009.Travel restrictions weighed on exports of services, which fell to $54.5 billion, the lowest since December 2011.Imports slipped 0.9 percent to $199.1 billion, the lowest since July 2010. Goods imports fell 0.8 percent to $166.0 billion, the lowest since September 2010.Declining imports have led businesses to draw down on inventories, which will contribute to sinking gross domestic product in the second quarter.The Atlanta Federal Reserve is forecasting that GDP will plunge at a record 36.8 percent annualized rate in the April-June quarter. The economy contracted at a 5 percent rate in the first quarter, the sharpest decline since the 2007-2009 recession. <div>(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani Editing by Paul Simao) </div>

The US trade deficit widened in May as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed exports to their lowest level since 2009, strengthening expectations the economy will contract in the second quarter at its steepest pace since the Great Depression.

The US trade deficit widened in May as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed exports to their lowest level since 2009, strengthening expectations the economy will contract in the second quarter at its steepest pace since the Great Depression.

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US trade deficit widens as exports fall to lowest level since 2009

US trade deficit widens as exports fall to lowest level since 2009

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Published Jul 02, 2020 11:16 PM PHT

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