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Trade deficit in goods soars to record $97.8 billion as U.S. economy recovers faster than other coun The numbers:  The trade deficit in goods surged by 17.5% in November to set an all-time high, largely reflecting faster improvement in the U.S. economy compared to most other countries. An early or advanced look at the trade gap in goods showed that it increased to $97.8 billion in November from $83.2 billion in October, the U.S. Census Bureau said. Companies sought to stock up ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season, but manufacturing-production bottlenecks, congestion at U.S. ports and other transportations snafus have caused big fluctuations month to month. Americans have snapped up huge quantities of imports since the U.S. economy fully reopened earlier this year. Exports took longer than imports to return to precrisis levels because the economies of major U.S. trading partners haven’t recovered as rapidly. That’s helped spawn the biggest increase in U.S. inflation in almost 40 years and could hurt the economy in 2022 if the supply constraints don’t clear up.