US buying spree in March, evidence trade deficit

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Everyone in the United States, consumers and businesses, wanted to get in on the act in March before the fresh tariffs went into effect. The trade deficit jumped $17.3 billion, or 14 percent, to a evidence $140.5 billion, according to the Commerce Department’s Office of economical Research. It was $68.6 billion a year earlier. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a deficit of $137 billion.