TY - SER AU - Dunne, Nancy TI - US TRADE DEFICIT AT RECORD 26.5 BN KW - BALANZA COMERCIAL ESTADOS UNIDOS IMPORTACIONES COMERCIO EXTERIOR KW - BALANZA COMERCIAL - ESTADOS UNIDOS KW - 09 KW - 1nac KW - US N2 - Imports soar on consumer demand as country moves to largest annual shortfall. Economist worry that financing the deficit will become insustainable. They believe that the dollar will weaken and interest rates will rise to bring an end to the expansion. Month after month, the trade deficit has become the most ominous element in an otherwise rosy economy picture ER -