This morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released data on the US Trade Balance for December 2013 indicating that due to a decrease in exports, the trade balance widened. This could have a negative impact on the advance Q4 growth estimate. According to the report, the trade gap widened around 12% to $38.7 billion. Economists were expecting the trade balance to widen to $36 billion in December. The 2013 trade defecit figure was the smallest it had been since 2009 at around $471.5 billion. Source: Reuters