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United States Trade Balance 2026-08-31: data, chart, and analysis

United States Trade Balance came in at -105,600 on Aug 31, 2026, compared with -88,576 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
-105,600
Previous
-88,576
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-08-31

Last updated:

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United States Trade Balance release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

United States Trade Balance chart through 2026-08-31
USD Trade Balance readings through 2026-08-31. Latest: -105,600.

Trade Balance release read

United States Trade Balance came in at -105,600 on Aug 31, 2026, compared with -88,576 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The parent Trade Balance page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
1.89 s

of publication

On FXMacroData at

6 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

6 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 6 Oct 2026
At the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 1.89 s of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 1.89 s after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_trade_balance_2026-08-31
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference period date 2026-08-31
Actual value -105,600
Previous value -88,576
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp --

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Trade Balance history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Trade Balance.

What did United States Trade Balance come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Trade Balance was -105,600 USD mn in August 2026. The previous reading was -88,576 USD mn.

When was this United States Trade Balance release published?

This release was published on Aug 31, 2026.

When is the next United States Trade Balance release?

The next United States Trade Balance release is scheduled for Oct 6, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.

What is the official source for United States Trade Balance?

BEA publishes the official Trade Balance series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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  "collected_at_iso": "2026-10-06T12:30:00.951968Z",
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  "ingestion_latency_ms": 951.968,
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  "observed_at_ns": 1791289800951967798,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1791289800,
  "previous_value": -88576.0,
  "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
  "publication_time_status": "unknown",
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      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
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}