US_Trade_Balance_from_1960.svg

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English: United States Balance of Trade, from 1960. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicator Division: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.pdf or BEA: https://www.bea.gov/data/intl-trade-investment/international-trade-goods-and-services
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Author Cherkash
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  • Same source, data from 1960 to 2009
    Same source, data from 1960 to 2009
  • Same source, data from 1980 to 2009
    Same source, data from 1980 to 2009
  • Same source, data from 1980 to 2010
    Same source, data from 1980 to 2010
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Source code 
#!/usr/bin/env python

from pylab import *
rc('xtick.major', pad=8)

#from either of these:
#https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.pdf
#https://www.bea.gov/data/intl-trade-investment/international-trade-goods-and-services
d = (3.508,  4.194,  3.371,  4.210,  6.022,  4.664,  2.939,  2.604,  0.250,  0.090,  2.255,  -1.301,  -5.443,  1.900,  -4.293,  12.403,  -6.082,  -27.247,  -29.763,  -24.566,  -19.407,  -16.172,  -24.156,  -57.767,  -109.074,  -121.879,  -138.539,  -151.683,  -114.566,  -93.142,  -80.865,  -31.136,  -39.212,  -70.311,  -98.493,  -96.384,  -104.065,  -108.273,  -166.140,  -255.809,  -369.686,  -360.373,  -420.666,  -496.243,  -610.838,  -716.542,  -763.533,  -710.997,  -712.350,  -394.771,  -503.087,  -554.522,  -525.906,  -446.861,  -483.952,  -491.421,  -481.475,  -512.739,  -580.950, -576.341, -676.684)

start, end = 1960, 2020
y = range(start, end+1)

f = figure(figsize=(7.5, 4.5))
ax = f.add_axes((.13, .18, .8, .75))
plot(y, d, 'r-', lw = 1.5)
plot(y, d, 'bo', ms = 5, mec = 'b')
grid(ls='-', alpha=.4)

xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Billions USD')
title('U.S. Trade Balance')

text(2020, -990, 'Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicator Division', va = 'bottom', ha = 'right' , size = 10)

axis((1960, 2020, -800, 100))
savefig("US Trade Balance from 1960.svg")

show()

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