The biggest ever monthly deficit follows a record annual trade deficit of $723.6 billion in 2005. The trade gap would exceed $800 billion in 2006 if it continued to run at the pace set in the first month of the year.
Another report said the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to 303,000, the highest level since the start of the year.
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