The U.S. trade deficit de- clined by the largest margin in five years, dropping 6.8% to $64.3 billion in September. Aided by falling oil prices, the $4.7 billion decrease was the largest since February 2001. America's bill for foreign oil plunged 10.5% to $26.3 billion in September, helping push overall imports down 2.1% to $187.5 billion. U.S. exports edged up 0.5% simultaneously to an all-time high of $123.2 billion.
展开▼
