The August 1 deadline gives the countries time to negotiate agreements that could lower the tariffs. Some investors and ...

The Philippines' balance of payments posted a $5.59-billion deficit in the first half of 2025, reversing from last year’s ...

THE Philippines’ balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a surplus of $226 million in June 2025, the Bangko Sentral ng ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are racing to get trade deals done ahead of a self-imposed deadline, at which point tariffs are set to rise for dozens of countries across the world.

Balance of trade is a useless measure of economic vitality. Trade deficits are not a measure of lost income or jobs; trade surpluses are not necessarily good things nor signs that a nation is ...

Balance of Payments . Balance of payments (BOP) is a net figure that shows how much money is leaving or coming into a country. All trade is included in the BOP figure, including the trade deficit ...

The balance of trade lately has averaged around 4% of the size of the economy as a whole. Meanwhile, GDP growth has been averaging about 2.75% a year.

Japan’s balance of trade unexpectedly swung to its first surplus since July 2021, an outcome that should help ease pressure on the economy’s recovery, though risks remain for the growth outlook.

In February, the overall U.S. trade deficit was $122.7 billion, down $8 billion from January when it was at a record high, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

President Trump loves talking about the trade balance. So do I, though, I hope, in a somewhat different way. In fact, I spent the mid-2000s arguing that the U.S. trade deficit was too large, and ...

They might start by pointing to the “current account,” the record that offers the broadest picture of the trade balance. It includes imports, exports and things such as cross-border transfers ...