The trade gap signals strong demand for imports, which can be a good sign for the economy. Also, it’s been fairly stable relative to GDP.

China trade surplus/GDP ratio to fall -c.bank adviser. By Reuters. November 2, 2010 2:52 AM UTC Updated November 2, 2010. BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus will be ...

The Atlanta Fed GDP now came in at -1.5% on Friday. At its previous update on Feb. 19, it showed expansion of 2.3%. The difference was that the contribution to growth from next exports plunged to ...