Browse Stacks: Business: The non-oil trade gap is at its worst level ever - Capitol Report - MarketWatch

First, some good news. The nation’s energy revolution has helped drag the trade deficit lower, mostly recently shown in the May numbers. 
 
But that hides some less-good news. Excluding petroleum, the U.S. trade gap in goods in May, on an inflation-adjusted basis, was $48.96 billion, the largest on record. 
 
 
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