Robust U.S.-bound exports, falling energy import costs helped return to black

Title speaks for itself. As those in the US are probably aware, the US hasn’t had a trade surplus since the 1970s. If a highly-developed country like Japan, where its citizens enjoy a high standard of living, can rock a trade surplus…

  • @thac0OPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    “First time in nearly two years”. Love the phrasing, where the ‘nearly two years’ is intended to be provocative. And here in the US, we haven’t had a trade surplus since the 1970s.