{
  "id": 12493634,
  "title": "US trade deficit passes $100B for first time since March 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/us-trade-deficit-passes-100b-for-first-time-since-march-2025",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-06T22:44:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/business/6132688-august-trade-gap-exceeds-100b/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The U.S. trade deficit rose to a 17-month high in August, topping $100 billion for the first time since March 2025. U.S. imports of goods and services that month were worth $105.6 billion more than the value of exports, according to data the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis released Tuesday. That marked an...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}