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title: "Goods Trade Balance: -132.1B (Oct 6, 2026), next Oct 28"
description: Goods Trade Balance printed -132.1B on Oct 6, 2026 against a -132.6B prior. Consensus, prior, surprise and release history, captured live as it prints.
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/data/goods-trade-balance"
---

# Goods Trade Balance: release dates, results and history


    Goods Trade Balance last printed -132.1B on Tue, Oct 6, 2026 against a -132.6B prior. The next release is Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.

    The advance goods balance is the first trade number to land in the quarter's GDP arithmetic, and it arrives about a week ahead of the full report. Tariff rounds have made it violent. Importers pull goods forward to beat a tariff, then stop once it bites, and that rush and payback have moved the gap by tens of billions inside a single month. GDP trackers get dragged along with it. The deficit runs near $100B a month, so the goods side of trade policy turns up here before anywhere else.


        NEXT RELEASE


      Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET


    Next release **--:--**


      LATEST PRINT: TUE, OCT 6, 2026

        -132.1Bactual

        forecast
        -132.6Bprior


      [Full print analysis →](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-d9b0b12c3c77c2a0/goods-trade-balance-132-1b)


## The trend


        OFFICIAL SERIES · LAST 36 OBSERVATIONS · $M


    -65299M-112376M-159453M


  2023-092026-08

      The official published series at its current vintage, revisions included, so the newest point can differ from the number as first printed. The release-by-release history, with the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise on every row, comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/).


## How it moves Treasuries

    Bonds get no clean direction out of this one, same as the full report. A wider goods gap trims GDP tracking, which leans mildly bullish Treasuries. The move comes through the GDPNow revision, not the headline. See it scored live on the [Helious desk](https://helious.io/),
    or read [how the standard-deviation surprise is computed](https://helious.io/methodology).


## Recent prints, as captured by the desk


      DATEACTUALFORECASTPRIORSURPRISE (SD)PRINT


      Tue, Oct 6, 2026Oct 6 ’26
      -132.1B
      &mdash;
      -132.6B
      &mdash;
      [ABOVE PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-d9b0b12c3c77c2a0/goods-trade-balance-132-1b)


      Wed, Sep 30, 2026Sep 30 ’26
      -132.6B
      -108.5B
      -119.6B
      -8.03
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-1026e4a0a0900d67/goods-trade-balance-132-6b)


      Thu, Sep 3, 2026Sep 3 ’26
      -119.6B
      &mdash;
      -118.8B
      &mdash;
      [BELOW PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-6f2328f284edf07d/goods-trade-balance-119-6b)


      Thu, Aug 27, 2026Aug 27 ’26
      -118.8B
      -99.0B
      -102.1B
      -6.60
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-8f59a581095c76c3/goods-trade-balance-118-8b)


      Tue, Jul 28, 2026Jul 28 ’26
      -101.5B
      -98.0B
      -106.5B
      -1.17
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-4bc4a5405d46a0d1/goods-trade-balance-101-5b)


      Tue, Jul 7, 2026Jul 7 ’26
      $-105.9B
      &mdash;
      $-105.8B
      -0.03
      [ON THE SCREWS](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-b925d073f21b7913/goods-trade-balance-105-9b)


    The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the [API](https://helious.io/developers/).


## Official series history


      PERIODVALUE ($M)PRIORCHANGE

        2026-08-01
        -$136.6B

        -$123.8B
        -$12.8B
        2026-07-01
        -$123.8B

        -$102.0B
        -$21.8B
        2026-06-01
        -$102.0B

        -$106.3B
        +$4.3B
        2026-05-01
        -$106.3B

        -$83.1B
        -$23.2B
        2026-04-01
        -$83.1B

        -$86.1B
        +$3.1B
        2026-03-01
        -$86.1B

        -$82.5B
        -$3.6B
        2026-02-01
        -$82.5B

        -$82.3B
        -$0.2B
        2026-01-01
        -$82.3B

        -$102.6B
        +$20.3B


    These are the most recent official
    rows, and the chart above draws the longer series behind them. The desk-captured prints higher up
    the page carry the consensus forecast and the standard-deviation surprise as they stood the moment
    each number landed.


## FAQ

### What was the latest Goods Trade Balance print?

Goods Trade Balance last printed -132.1B on Tue, Oct 6, 2026 against a -132.6B prior. The next release is Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.

### When is the next Goods Trade Balance release?

The next Goods Trade Balance release is Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. Helious posts the print, the surprise against consensus and a verdict the second it lands.

      Monthly, ~end of month, about a week before the full trade report · 8:30 AM ET ·
      [download a sample (CSV, recent rows)](https://helious.io/data/goods-trade-balance.csv), free to cite with a link to this page.
      The full history comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/) and
      MCP at [api.helious.io/mcp](https://api.helious.io/mcp), with depth set by plan.


    [Catch the next print live →](https://helious.io/)