1.   At some point the United States will lose its ability to finance its trade deficit.

2.   Eventually, the economy comes back into balance with a higher savings ratio and a lower trade deficit.

3.   Last year the country had its largest trade deficit in recent history.

4.   No country, not even one as big as the United States, can run a trade deficit for ever.

5.   One week I failed to turn in an essay on the trade deficit.

6.   The economy was growing at an unsustainable pace, and the trade deficit was exploding.

7.   The hopes of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for financing the trade deficit are partly pinned on this ability.

8.   The trade deficit will grow, pushing the peso down, which will raise inflation.

9.   The trade deficit with China remains high.