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Trade Gap Narrows to $49 Billion; Drop of $8.8 Billion Biggest Since 2009

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in March by the most in two years, while last week鈥檚 unemployment filings were below estimates and productivity gains remained lukewarm in the first quarter. Here鈥檚 what you need to know from the economic reports out the morning of May 3.

May 3, 2018