1.   Analysts said they expected widening trade deficits in coming months to exert more of a drag on growth in the United States.

2.   Another overly rapid quarter of GDP growth would have been propelled by consumption expenditures, with only a widening trade deficit providing any significant drag.

3.   Brazilian stocks fell for a fourth straight session, dragged down by Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA and its units, amid concern over a widening trade deficit.

4.   A slowing economy and widening trade deficit drove the won to a nine-year low against the U.S. dollar today.

5.   A weak dollar, hobbled by a report of a widening Japanese trade surplus with the United States, helped drag down stock prices.

6.   A widening trade deficit and increased foreign borrowings are causes for worry.

7.   A widening trade deficit has increased calls on Brazil to weaken its currency, the real, to make exports more competitive abroad.

8.   A widening trade deficit weakens the ringgit as more of the currency must be converted to other currencies to pay for imports.

9.   A widening trade dispute would affect all U.S. carriers in the Japan market.

10.   Aircraft sales would help narrow the widening bilateral trade imbalance.