IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2013 [7 January 2014]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/pdf/trad1113.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/xls/trad1113.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/pdf/trad1113_fax.pdf

 

 

Goods and Services

 

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce,

announced today that total November exports of $194.9 billion and imports of $229.1 billion resulted

in a goods and services deficit of $34.3 billion, down from $39.3 billion in October, revised.

November exports were $1.7 billion more than October exports of $193.1 billion. November imports

were $3.4 billion less than October imports of $232.5 billion.

 

In November, the goods deficit decreased $4.9 billion from October to $53.9 billion, and the services

surplus increased $0.2 billion from October to $19.7 billion. Exports of goods increased $1.5 billion

to $137.1 billion, and imports of goods decreased $3.4 billion to $191.0 billion. Exports of services

increased $0.3 billion to $57.8 billion, and imports of services increased $0.1 billion to $38.1

billion.

 

The goods and services deficit decreased $12.2 billion from November 2012 to November 2013. Exports

were up $9.6 billion, or 5.2 percent, and imports were down $2.5 billion, or 1.1 percent.

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

 

 

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.