US September Advance Trade Gap Widens, Inventories Rise

08:43 AM EDT, 10/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The US advance international trade in goods deficit widened to $134.90 billion in September from $132.07 billion in August, according to data released by the US Census Bureau. This was a wider gap than the $130.2 billion deficit expected in a survey compiled by Bloomberg. Exports rose by 2.6% in September while imports grew by 2.4%. In the same report, wholesale inventories rose by 0.6% in September after a 0.5% increase in August. Analysts polled by Bloomberg expected wholesale inventories to rise by 0.5%. Retail inventories were up 0.3% in September following a 0.3% increase in the previous month, same as expected by analysts. Excluding a 0.2% gain in motor vehicle inventories, retail inventories rose by 0.4% in the month.