US TRADE DEFICIT COURTESY OF IMPORTED GOODS WENT UP BY 1.9 PERCENT IN JANUARY

Highlights

• The Commerce Department reported that the difference between the goods and services the US sold and what it had purchased abroad went up to $68.2 billion from $67 billion in December

• While the exports jumped 1 percent to $191.9 billion, the imports also surged 1.2 percent to $260.2 billion

According to a report released by the Commerce Department on Friday, the level of imported goods to t....