U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows to Lowest Level Since 2009, Amid Rising Energy Production

The Commerce Department reported on Tuesday that the U.S. trade deficit, the dollar-value difference between American imports and exports, shrank 12.9 percent to $34.3 billion in November. The figure beat analyst expectations of a deficit of $40.00 billion. The deficit figure from October was revised to $39.3 billion from the previously