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U.S. Trade Deficit Widened Further than Expected in July

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The U.S. trade deficit came in at an estimated $72.2 billion in July, up $4.3 billion from $67.9 billion in June. The consensus forecast was calling for an increase of $69.4 billion.

Exports of goods for July were $140.0 billion, $2.5 billion less than June exports. Imports of goods for July were $212.2 billion, $1.8 billion more than June imports.

Advance Wholesale Inventories

Wholesale inventories adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes were estimated at an end-of-month level of $637.0 billion for July, up 0.7% from June 2018 and up 5.2% from July 2017. The May 2018 to June 2018 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 0.1%.

Advance Retail Inventories

Retail inventories adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes were estimated at an end-of-month level of $637.7 billion for July, up 0.4% from June 2018 and up 2.3% from July 2017. The May 2018 to June 2018 percentage change was revised from up 0.1% to unchanged.

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