AI Data Insight
The year-on-year growth rate of US service exports slipped to 1.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, a significant cooling from the previous reading of 5.3%, indicating that weak global demand is weighing on the US service sector. Affected by high inflation and geopolitical trade frictions, the expansion of travel and business services has been sluggish, and the market has turned conservative regarding the trade outlook for early 2026.