Trade Deficit Improves

Unexpectedly good news relating to the trade deficit has been reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Britain's trade deficit narrowed in June to £7.4BN, as a result of exports rising at four times the pace of imports.

However, the country still has a trade deficit and the figures are somewhat out of date (ie they are June's). Additionally, the ONS is not renowned for its accuracy and it is likely the the figures will be revised at some point in the future.

As I have noted before, using out of date inaccurate figures to run the economy (or even to try to make people "feel good") is questionable to say the least.