China exports sharply beat expectations as trade surplus in the first two months surges to highest on record

China typically combines January and February trade data to smooth distortions from the shifting Lunar New Year holiday.

Balance of Trade: Impact on Currency Exchange Rates

Discover how trade surpluses and deficits impact a country's currency exchange rate through supply and demand fluctuations.
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Japan’s trade balance swung to surplus in February, driven by strong exports

In February 2025, Japan's trade balance recorded a surplus of JPY 584.5 billion, a shift from the JPY 415.43 billion deficit in February 2024. Despite this positive change, the surplus was below the ...
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China’s Imaginary Trade Data

The most important part of the IMF’s latest assessment of China is—alas—the appendix on China’s new methodology for calculating China’s trade balance. It at least explains why China’s balance of ...
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Tariffs and the Trade Balance: How Trump Validated His Critics

Before Donald Trump became president in 2017, Americans paid tariffs on just two percent of their imported goods. The average tariff rate was 1.7 percent. In 2018, however, Trump launched his global ...