WASHINGTON, Oct 26 — The US trade deficit in goods widened in September amid declining exports and rising imports, but that will probably not change expectations that trade led an anticipated rebound in economic growth in the third quarter.

The goods trade deficit increased 5.7 per cent to US$92.2 billion last month, the Commerce Department said today. Exports of goods fell US$2.8 billion to US$177.6 billion. Goods imports rose US$2.2 billion to US$269.8 billion.

The data was published ahead of the release tomorrow of the government's advance estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product. According to a Reuters survey of economists, GDP likely rebounded at a 2.4 per cent annualized rate last quarter after declining at a 0.6 per cent pace in the April-June quarter.

The economy contracted in the first half of 2022, but is likely not in recession, with more than 2.5 million jobs created during that period. — Reuters