Delayed trade data has started to flow out from the US Census Bureau. More than a month behind schedule, the latest data on trade between the US and China is for September 2025.

During this period, data publication and reporting schedules were affected, leading to gaps and delays in US trade data ...

Explore wholesale trade, its role as an economic indicator, and how sales and inventory data can predict future business trends and impact the economy.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The United States, like the U.K., is a services driven economy. So it follows, at ...

Trade practitioners in government, academia, research institutes and businesses will be pleased to know that the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has developed a ...

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India's merchandise trade deficit declined to a five-month low of $24.53 billion in November, driven by a fall in gold, oil ...

“Undoubtedly, the most critical aspect of protecting trade secrets and managing private data is being proactive.” Innovation continues across industries at a rapid pace. Many companies maintain highly ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The most important part of the IMF’s latest assessment of China is—alas—the ...

Endcap displays, temporary price reductions, circular ads… Trade promotions aren’t sexy, but they still get the lion’s share of marketing dollars, accounting for nearly 44% of packaged goods companies ...

The world trade flows data were compiled by Robert Feenstra of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Two versions of the data are available. The most recent version of the data covers the ...

MIGHT Donald Trump’s promise to shake up America’s trade policy extend to its statistics? According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, discussions are afoot on changing the way trade figures are ...