Tariffs will solve this problem. Right?
by Tyler Durden
Who could have possibly thought that a soaring dollar would have an adverse impact on the US trade deficit, and thus, the US economy. Well, not the Fed, if only for now, because just as the Fed hiked rates only for the second time in a decade, the US advance goods trade deficit soared from $61.9 billion to $65.3 billion, far higher than the consensus print of $61.6 billion. This was the highest advance trade gap since March of 2015 when the dollar was likewise soaring.
The reason for the far greater than expected deficit: exports of goods fell 1.0%, while imports of goods rose 1.2%.
