In December 2024, Pakistan recorded its third consecutive month of a current account (CA) surplus, amounting to $582 million, reflecting a 109% year-on-year increase. This positive trend is ...

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Imports too showed some recovery, but grew much slower at 1.1% to $2.59 trillion – leading to a record trade surplus of $992.2 billion for the year. ONE, the data have been released just a week before ...

Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That makes for tricky math for the president-elect. By Keith Bradsher ...

AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Monday the state will end its current budget with a surplus of $23.8 billion. It's not as high as the record $32.7 billion the state had two ...

China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who began covering ...

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Parts of the US have been covered in snow this weekend as a severe winter storm has swept across the country. People in Syracuse, New York battled heavy wind to plow pathways through the snow ...

But it could make Los Angeles more willing to trade one of the surplus infielders it has, namely Lux. The Mariners still need a second and third baseman and a first baseman to pair with Luke Raley.

AIN SEFRA, Algeria – For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight. On New Year's Day, Algerian ...