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Tuesday, February 09, 2016

2015 record trade deficit

Reported by sky
http://news.sky.com/story/1638641/annual-trade-deficit-at-widest-since-2010
and more from tutor2u
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/uk-trade-in-goods-deficit-reaches-new-record-in-2015?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2010th%20February%202016&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Wed%2010th%20February%202016+CID_d550d47ef2ec9456a080732f7465efec&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=UK%20Trade%20in%20Goods%20Deficit%20reaches%20new%20record%20in%202015%20A%20familiar%20refrain%20the%20trade%20deficit%20remains%20a%20problem%20and%20so%20it%20proves%20once%20again%20in%20the%204th%20quarter%20of%202015%20the%20annual%20deficit%20widened%20by%2019bn%20to%20a%20record%20125bn


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