摘要:新华社北京5月16日电(经济参考报记者 闫磊 编译)美国日前公布的最新数据显示,4月份政府收入实现增长,但预算赤字继续扩大;3月份美国贸易逆差增长了28亿美元。贸易逆差和财政赤字的双高给美国经济前景添堵。 The U.S. spent $40.49 billion more than it colle...
The U.S. spent $40.49 billion more than it collected last month,The monthly deficit was smaller than April 2010‘s shortfall of $82.69 billion,the deficit was the 31st monthly shortfall in a row. Tax refunds last month fell while non-withheld tax receipts climbed.
“The deficit was wider not because export growth slowed but because import growth accelerated. This implies that more of the stimulus that has been applied to the economy has leaked overseas,”Ricchiuto said,chief economist at Mizuho Securities in New York.
Pierre Ellis,senior global economist at Decision Economics in New York,said the trade data could provide ammunition for members of the Federal Reserve board that want to tighten monetary policy to curb the threat of inflation.