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title: Trade Balance
description: "Trade Balance, Aug 4, 2026: actual -73.3B, forecast -73.0B, previous -77.6B · ON THE SCREWS. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-f4c175a74f98ceb9/goods-and-services-trade-balance-73-3b"
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              04 Aug 2026, 12:31 UTC



# Goods and Services Trade Balance: -73.3B




           Actual-73.3B
           Forecast-73.0B
           Previous-77.6B

               Surprise
               -0.07σ

           VerdictON THE SCREWS
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH


            Goods and Services Trade Balance — Actual -73.3B, forecast -73.0B, prev -77.6B. ON THE SCREWS · -0.1σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH.




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        ← [Goods and Services Trade Balance: $-77.6B](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-060892e7ced9b44d/goods-and-services-trade-balance-77-6b)
        [Goods and Services Trade Balance: -88.6B](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-ec9c3cef8f3ecab5/goods-and-services-trade-balance-88-6b) →


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