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The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.
Martin Feldstein

Meaning of "trade deficit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRADE DEFICIT

trade deficit  [treɪd ˈdefəsɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRADE DEFICIT

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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Trade deficit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRADE DEFICIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trade deficit

Balance of trade

The commercial balance or net exports, is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports of output in an economy over a certain period, measured in the currency of that economy. It is the relationship between a nation's imports and exports. A positive balance is known as a trade surplus if it consists of exporting more than is imported; a negative balance is referred to as a trade deficit or, informally, a trade gap. The balance of trade is sometimes divided into a goods and a services balance.

Definition of trade deficit in the English dictionary

The definition of trade deficit in the dictionary is the difference between the value of a country's imports and the value of its exports.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRADE DEFICIT


basset
ˈbæsɪt
corset
ˈkɔːsɪt
deficit
ˈdɛfɪsɪt
Dorset
ˈdɔːsɪt
doucet
ˈduːsɪt
elicit
ɪˈlɪsɪt
explicit
ɪkˈsplɪsɪt
facet
ˈfæsɪt
faucet
ˈfɔːsɪt
Fawcett
ˈfɔːsɪt
gusset
ˈɡʌsɪt
illicit
ɪˈlɪsɪt
implicit
ɪmˈplɪsɪt
lancet
ˈlɑːnsɪt
Mummerset
ˈmʌməsɪt
sit
sɪt
solicit
səˈlɪsɪt
Somerset
ˈsʌməsɪt
tacit
ˈtæsɪt
transit
ˈtrænsɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRADE DEFICIT

trade acceptance
trade agreement
trade association
trade balance
trade barriers
trade bill
trade book
trade cycle
Trade Descriptions Act
trade discount
trade dispute
trade down
trade edition
trade embargo
trade fair
trade figures
trade gap
trade journal
trade mission
trade name

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRADE DEFICIT

balance of payments deficit
budget deficit
budgetary deficit
cash deficit
complicit
democratic deficit
fecit
inexplicit
licit
overexplicit
placit

Synonyms and antonyms of trade deficit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trade deficit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRADE DEFICIT

Find out the translation of trade deficit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trade deficit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trade deficit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贸易赤字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

déficit comercial
570 millions of speakers

English

trade deficit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यापार घाटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العجز التجاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дефицит торгового баланса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

déficit comercial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাণিজ্য ঘাটতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déficit commercial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defisit perdagangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Handelsbilanzdefizit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貿易赤字
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무역 적자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defisit perdagangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thâm hụt thương mại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வணிக பற்றாக்குறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापार तुट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ticaret açığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deficit commerciale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deficyt w handlu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефіцит торгового балансу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deficitul comercial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Το εμπορικό έλλειμμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handelstekort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

handelsunderskott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

handelsunderskudd
5 millions of speakers

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The term «trade deficit» is regularly used and occupies the 58.312 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRADE DEFICIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trade deficit

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10 QUOTES WITH «TRADE DEFICIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trade deficit.
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Xavier Becerra
We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
2
Jo Ann Emerson
All those trucks and barges that carry our goods to port are vital connections to the only force which can balance our trade deficit: export. We must keep doing what we do best if we are going to get America out of the red.
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Jo Ann Emerson
As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.
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Jo Ann Emerson
America's largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner.
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Jo Ann Emerson
With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.
6
Martin Feldstein
The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.
7
Martin Feldstein
Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.
8
Martin Feldstein
To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks, businesses, and real estate to the rest of the world.
9
Martin Feldstein
The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.
10
Martin Feldstein
Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRADE DEFICIT»

Discover the use of trade deficit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trade deficit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Is the U.S. Trade Deficit Sustainable?
The final section of the book provides an outlook for the deficit and suggests alternative policy courses for dealing with it." "This book is designed for policymakers and others who are interested in the US role in the world economy.
Catherine L. Mann, 1999
2
Paying the bill : manufacturing and America's trade deficit.
The trade deficit cannot be attributed to any single cause. The rising value of the dollar, for example, is behind some of the deterioration in the trade accounts, but what caused the dollar's value to rise and remain high for such a long time?
3
U.S. Trade Deficit, the Dollar, and the Price of Oil
The trade deficit also represents a transfer of wealth from the United States to the oil producers. This transfer of wealth reduces the real discretionary incomes of U.S. consumers. To the extent that the additional accumulation of wealth abroad is ...
4
International Financial Management
How Exchange Rates May Correct a Balance-of-Trade Deficit A floating exchange rate could correct any international trade imbalances between two countries in the following way. A balance-of-trade deficit suggests that the country is ...
Jeff Madura, 2014
5
Financing the U. S. Trade Deficit
This convention also means that a deficit in one account, such as the merchandise trade account, is not necessarily the same as a debt.1 The trade deficit can become a debt equivalent depending on how the deficit is financed and the ...
James K. Jackson, 2010
6
Brief Principles of Macroeconomics
According to the model in this chapter, would a reduction in the budget deficit reduce the trade deficit? Would it raise the value of the dollar? Explain. b. Suppose that a reduction in the budget deficit made international investors more confident ...
N. Mankiw, 2008
7
The State of Working America 2006/2007
The manufacturing trade deficit grew to $586 billion in 2005, or to 4.6% of GDP, from a position of balance in 1979. This growing trade deficit reflects the far faster growth of imports and the much slower growth of exports since 1979. The growth  ...
Lawrence R. Mishel, Jared Bernstein, Sylvia A. Allegretto, 2006
8
Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy, Update 2010 Edition
According to the theory, a lower budget deficit should have led to a lower exchange rate, and therefore to a smaller trade deficit. But, in fact, America's real net exports sagged from just 2$16 billion in 1992 to 2$204 billion in 1998. What went ...
William Baumol, Alan Blinder, 2010
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Principles of Macroeconomics
Consider first a trade deficit induced by a fall in saving, as occurred during the 1980s and the early 2000s. Lower saving means that the nation is putting away less of its income to provide for its future. Once national saving has fallen, however, ...
N. Mankiw, 2008
10
Black Enterprise
Yet, the expected favorable effect on the nation's foreign trade deficit has been slow in coming, and it remains fairly modest. The reasons for this sluggish response are numerous and complex, but several factors stand out: foreign shippers ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRADE DEFICIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trade deficit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trade Deficit Grows as Strong Dollar Hurts Exports
WASHINGTON — The United States trade deficit widened slightly in May, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday, reflecting declines in sales of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Trade deficit shrinks in April
Economists had estimated that the trade deficit — the excess of imports over exports — would fall to $44 billion, according to Bloomberg. Exports rose 1% to ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
3
Japan Slides Back Into Trade Deficit
TOKYO—Japan slipped back into a trade deficit in April, a month after recording its first surplus in nearly three years, as the decline in the value of oil imports ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
4
The March Trade Deficit and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The jump in the March trade deficit, coupled with the weak job numbers for the last two months, should highlight the importance of including rules on currency in ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
US trade deficit jumps to 6-year high of $51.4B
The U.S. trade deficit widened to a 6½ year high in March as the resolution of a labor dispute at West Coast ports sparked a surge in imports and the strong ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
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US trade deficit plunges 16.9% in February
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit plunged in February as both imports and exports sank, driven by a since-settled trade dispute and a global ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
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UK trade deficit widens to four-year high
Britain's trade deficit last year was the widest since the coalition came to power, dealing a blow to the government's drive to rebalance the economy away from ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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US trade deficit narrows as oil imports fall to 20-year low
While Canada's trade deficit widened on falling oil exports in November, the U.S. trade deficit shrank to the lowest level in a year as it bought less foreign oil. «CBC.ca, Jan 15»
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September trade deficit widens to $43 billion
The U.S. trade deficit rose in September to its highest level since May as exports fell, underscoring recent concerns about a weaker global economy. The deficit ... «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
10
Japan's Trade Deficit Edges Up
TOKYO—Japan's trade deficit edged up in September despite a rebound in exports helped by a weaker yen and a surge in output among suppliers of Apple ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 14»

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