New figures show that Russia's foreign trade surplus decreased by 15.9% in the first four months of 2025 compared to the same ...

These are economic ideas that reflect the intuitive ... a basic yet crucial mechanism that governs the magnitude of a country’s trade balance. Indeed, by definition, a country’s trade balance ...

Yerevan’s efforts to dramatically reduce its economic dependence on Russia likely helped push the country’s trade balance with Beijing into negative territory.

The balance of trade lately has averaged around ... In other words, slowing down trade slows down economic growth.

But the thing is, that negative trade balance also has an upside ... borrow to pay for your imports,” said Robert Johnson, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame.