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United States Trade Balance 2026-09-03 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Trade Balance came in at -88,576.00 on Sep 3, 2026, compared with -73,261.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
-88,576.00
Previous
-73,261.00
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-07-31

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United States Trade Balance chart through 2026-07-31
USD Trade Balance readings through 2026-07-31. Latest: -88,576.00.

Trade Balance release read

United States Trade Balance came in at -88,576.00 on Sep 3, 2026, compared with -73,261.00 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.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_trade_balance_2026-09-03
Release time
2026-09-03 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-07-31
Actual value -88,576.00
Previous value -73,261.00
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1788438600

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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2026-09-03 08:30 America/New_York · -88,600.00

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1788438600,
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-09-03T12:30:05.710813Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1788438605710812921,
  "date": "2026-07-31",
  "previous_value": -73261.0,
  "val": -88576.0
}