Trade deficit

Trade Deficit
Annual amount spent by U.S. individuals, companies, and government agencies on foreign-made products, minus the amount spent by foreign entities on U.S.-made products; accounting for about negative 2% of the GDP.

trade deficit
excess of imports of goods (raw materials, agricultural and manufactured products, and capital and consumer products) over the exports of goods, resulting in a negative balance of trade. Trade surplus is the reverse.

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A trade deficit implies the value of imports is greater than exports. (M>X)
A trade deficit is often split into trade in goods and trade in services.
The opposite of a trade deficit is a trade surplus (X>M) ...

Trade Deficit
A nation's excess of imports over exports over a period of time.
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Trade Deficit
Deficit on the balance of merchandise trade.
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Trade Deficits
Much is made of the trade deficit of the United States. But nothing is said about the trade deficits that must exist between the individual states.

Trade deficit/surplus
An excess of IMPORTS over EXPORTS is a trade deficit. An excess of exports over imports is a trade surplus. (See BALANCE OF PAYMENTS.)
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Trade deficit or surplus
The difference in the value of a nation's imports over exports (deficit) or exports over imports (surplus).
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Trade Deficit - Occurs when the value of a country's exports is less than the value of its imports.
Trade Surplus - Occurs when the value of a country's exports is greater than the value of its imports.

Trade deficit - Refers to when there is excess of imports of goods (raw materials, agricultural and manufactured products, and capital and consumer products) over the exports of goods, resulting in a negative balance of trade.

TRADE DEFICIT: Formally termed a balance of trade deficit, a condition in which a nation's imports are greater than exports. In other words, a country is buying more stuff for foreigners than foreigners are buying from domestic producers.

trade deficit with such countries as Japan, China, Canada, and Mexico.

A trade deficit (the excess of imports over exports) can be tolerated and last for an indefinite time provided that a country attracts enough investments and borrowings to compensate it; the country did not lose confidence; ...

* A trade deficit can occur hen a dynamic, growing country is building its capital base, with inflows of foreign capital attracted by strong investment prospects in the country .

Jordan's trade deficit in the first half of 2010 widened to 18% from the same period in 2009 to US$3.9 billion, due to a higher bill for imported Saudi oil, according to official data.

Balance of trade deficit/surplus:
When the value of a country's exports is lower/higher than that of its imports.
Français: Balance commerciale déficitaire/excédentaire
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Trade deficit
Imports minus exports of goods and services. See deficit.
Trade deflection
Entry, into a low-tariff member of a free trade area, of imports intended for a purchaser in its higher-tariff partner.
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Jasdaq See: Japanese Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System JSE See: Johannesburg Stock Exchange J-curve Theory that says a country's trade deficit will initially worsen after its currency depreciates because higher ...

See: Johannesburg Stock Exchange J-curve Theory that says a country's trade deficit will initially worsen after its currency depreciates because higher prices on foreign imports will more than offset the reduced volume of imports in the short-run.

federal funding needs and international trade deficits was in 2000 at the height of the dot com boom. The circumstances are slightly different this time around, but some similarities certainly should emerge over the coming months.

trade deficit in 1981-1985. Since 1985, as the interest advantage of dollar assets was reduced or reversed, the dollar depreciated and the U.S. trade deficit slowly fell.

One example of a deficit would be a situation, in which a nation's imports exceed its exports, creating a trade deficit. Another example is a company's losses surpassing its profits. In such an event an organization is said to have a budget deficit.

In practice however this could seriously destabilise the economy of countries which ran a trade deficit, because people tended to make a run on the bank to retrieve their money before gold reserves were exported, ...

Theory that says a countrys trade deficit will initially worsen after its currency depreciates because higher prices on foreign imports will more than offset the reduced volume of imports in the short-run.
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J-CURVE - Theory that says a country's trade deficit will initially worsen after its currency depreciat...
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J Curve - A theory stating that a country's trade deficit will worsen initially after the depreciation of its currency because higher prices on foreign imports will be greater than the reduced volume of imports.

If a country exports more than it imports, it has a surplus, or favorable balance of trade. A trade deficit, or unfavorable balance, occurs when a country imports more than it exports.
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Definition: Government policy to stabilise inflation, budget deficits, trade deficits and money supply.
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For example, a country with a trade deficit (imports greater than exports) must have an interest rate (or other financial market considerations) that attract an offseting inflow of capital investment.

A statistic that indicates current economic growth and stability issued by the government or a non-government institution (i.e. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Employment Rates, Trade Deficits, Industrial Production, and Business Inventories).
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In the early 1970s, inflation caused by rising prices for imported commodities, especially oil, and spending on the Vietnam War, which was not counteracted by cuts in other government expenditures, combined with a trade deficit created a situation in ...

The difference between the value of a country's imports and exports during a specific period of time is called the balance of trade. If a country exports more than it imports, it has a surplus, or favorable balance of trade. A trade deficit, ...

The drop may have represented investors' apprehensions about inflated stock prices, the federal budget and trade deficits. However, there are many who blame program trading for the extreme volatility.

twin deficits a term referring to a situation in which a government budget deficit and an international trade deficit occur simultaneously. (26)

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The International Monetary Fund was established in 1944 to help nations finance temporary trade deficits.

tea, (b) 'Invisibles' that comprise services (rendered and received) such as transportation and insurance and certain other flows, notably private transfers by individuals. When imports of goods exceed exports, it is referred to as a 'Trade Deficit'.

trade deficit A negative balance of trade (i.e. imports exceed exports). Also known as a trade gap trade house A particular firm that that mediates the sale of commodities.

The value of the dollar was fixed in terms of gold, and every other country held its currency at a fixed exchange rate against the dollar; when trade deficits occurred, ...

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