File:US Trade Balance 1980 2009.svg

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English: United States Balance of Trade, 1980–2009. Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt
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Author Morn the Gorn
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Derivative works of this file:  US Trade Balance 1980 2010.svg

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Plot of the earlier data (available starting from 1960), from 1960 to 2009
Same source, data from 1980 to 2010

Code

Made with Matplotlib:

#!/usr/bin/env python

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

#from https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt:
d = (3.508,  4.195,  3.370,  4.210,  6.022,  4.664,  2.939,  2.604,  0.250,  0.091,  2.254,  -1.302,  -5.443,  1.900,  -4.293,  12.404,  -6.082,  -27.246,  -29.763,  -24.565,  -19.407,  -16.172,  -24.156,  -57.767,  -109.072,  -121.880,  -138.538,  -151.684,  -114.566,  -93.141,  -80.864,  -31.135,  -39.212,  -70.311,  -98.493,  -96.384,  -104.065,  -108.273,  -166.140,  -264.239,  -378.780,  -364.393,  -420.524,  -494.183,  -609.345,  -714.176,  -759.240,  -702.099,  -698.802,  -374.908)

start, end = 1960, 2009
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(2010, -950, 'Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division', va = 'bottom', ha = 'right' , size = 10)

axis((1980, 2010, -800, 0))
savefig("US Trade Balance 1980 2009.svg")

show()

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