Trade practitioners in government, academia, research institutes and businesses will be pleased to know that the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has developed a ...

Explore wholesale trade, its role as an economic indicator, and how sales and inventory data can predict future business trends and impact the economy.

The CFR Global Trade Tracker allows you to gauge trends in international trade through time. The map below compiles trade data from 178 countries as reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Endcap displays, temporary price reductions, circular ads… Trade promotions aren’t sexy, but they still get the lion’s share of marketing dollars, accounting for nearly 44% of packaged goods companies ...

The world trade flows data were compiled by Robert Feenstra of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Two versions of the data are available. The most recent version of the data covers the ...

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The United States set records for total merchandise trade, total imports and its trade deficit in 2024, but fell 0.09% short of the export record, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data ...

MIGHT Donald Trump’s promise to shake up America’s trade policy extend to its statistics? According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, discussions are afoot on changing the way trade figures are ...

“Undoubtedly, the most critical aspect of protecting trade secrets and managing private data is being proactive.” Innovation continues across industries at a rapid pace. Many companies maintain highly ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The most important part of the IMF’s latest assessment of China is—alas—the ...

After its biggest earnings miss in two years and stock plunge, Target laid some of the blame on the recent U.S. ports strike, citing higher freight costs it absorbed as a result of preemptive action ...