US goods trade deficit widens to $134.9 billion in September

The Census Bureau's advance estimate put September's goods deficit at $134.9 billion, up $2.8 billion from $132.1 billion in August. Goods exports rose $5.3 billion to $209.2 billion and imports rose $8.1 billion to $344.1 billion. Advance wholesale inventories rose 0.6% and retail inventories rose 0.3%. These advance figures are revised in later reports.