Impact of U.S. trade deficit with Japan on U.S. economy and state spending, 2013

Change in 2013 Impact
Trade deficit (billions of dollars) $78.3
Gross Domestic Product
in annual billions of dollars -$125.3
as a share of GDP 0.747%
Number of jobs displaced 896,600
Federal budget deficit
in annual billions of dollars $46.4
as a share of federal deficit 7.4%
State and local budget funds
in annual billions of dollars -$17.5

Source: Author's analysis of Bivens (2014), U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2015), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014a), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a, 2014b, and 2014c).  For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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