A drop back in exports and small rebound in imports means the trade deficit bounced back to $73.3bn in September, from a downwardly revised $65.7bn. With that weakness in exports likely to last for some time, the huge 2.8%-pts contribution to annualised GDP growth from net trade in the third quarter will fade rapidly in the fourth.
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