RE: An Economy On Thin Ice" GOLD WILL SUFFICE"Trade Gap Soars To All-Time High
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2005
The U.S. trade deficit, exacerbated by surging imports of oil and textiles, soared to an all-time high of $61.04 billion in February.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that the February imbalance was up 4.3 percent from a $58.5 billion trade gap in January as a small $50 million rise in U.S. exports of goods and services was swamped by a $2.58 billion increase in imports.