Howard Richman submits:

According to this morning’s press release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), in September the overall U.S. trade deficit in goods and services rose to .5 billion per month, up from .8 billion per month in August. The trade deficit sums the aggregate demand that is escaping our economic tire while our government tries to pump it up through stimulus programs.

The bulk of our rising monthly trade deficit is our goods trade deficit with China which rose to .1 billion in September from .2 billion in August, after a slight decline the previous month, as shown below:

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