Trade deficit narrows in September

Nov 08, 2012

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. trade deficit shrunk in September, dropping 5.1 percent to $41.5 billion, showing an overall increae in sales to international buyers. That number represents the lowest since Dec. 2010 and lower than economists had predicted.

According to Bloomberg, a acceleration of spending by U.S. consumers paved the way for an increase in imports and demand for goods in expanding markets in South and Central America helped offset slowing European and Chinese demand.

Bee-Line Transport operates a 60-truck regional fleet out of Houston, Texas. When we caught up with safety director James Jeter this week to recap the past year, the fleet was fresh off dealing with last week's torrential weather across Texas and other parts of the Southeast. 'It was almost a total shutdown,' he said. 'We got people home or to a place where they could ride it out. Everybody's safe -- no accidents, no problems. We were pretty worn, though. We spent hours on the phone and through messaging systems keeping up with everybody.'

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