Stocks Slump On Trump Tariff Fears
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US trade deficit widened to a record in January as companies scrambled to secure goods from overseas before President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on America’s largest trading partners.The gap in goods and services trade widened 34% from the prior month to $131.4 billion, Commerce Department data showed Thursday. The deficit was larger than all but one estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists.The value of imports rose 10% to a record $401.2 billion, while exports increased 1.2%. The figures aren’t…
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