“US Trade Deficit Rises 4.8% in February to Record High,” Commenter R.J.S. at Marketwatch 666 Our trade deficit rose 4.8% February, as both our exports and imports decreased, but the value…

Trade Deficit Fell 4.3% in July After 2nd Quarter Deficits Were Revised Lower, MarketWatch 666 blogger RJS Our trade deficit fell 4.3% in July as the value of our exports…

Commenter and Blogger RJS, MarketWatch 666, “Trade Deficit Rose 4.2% to a Record High in August on Higher Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Services” Our trade deficit rose by 4.2% in…

RJS, MarketWatch 666, Summary: US Trade Deficit Virtually Unchanged in February, Near Record High US trade deficit ticked lower February, as both our exports and imports increased, but the value…

…budget deficit. Having deficits modest in size is sustainable given growth in the economy. However, the current size of the federal deficit, while smaller than its pandemic highs, is large…

…table above comparing the Social Security “deficit” to the taxable payroll. But this time we are going to look at what happens after 2035: year……….payroll,,,,,,,deficit……….percent 2035……….17746………622……………3.51 2040……….22198………758…………….3.41 2045……….27713………892…………….3.22 2050……….34504………1073……………3.11 2055……….42876………1344……………3.13…

RJS: MarketWatch 666 ~~~~~~~~ Summary: April Trade Deficit Decreased by a record 19.1%, Led by Lower Imports of Consumer Goods and Industrial Supplies and Materials ~~~~~~~~ Our trade deficit was…

…stimulus. Most people who oppose further stimulus and call themselves deficit hawks are hypocrites. Sincere deficit hawks might find my argument unconvincing. Maybe there is one sincere deficit hawk who…

…running for re-election on The Two Issues that Abide, The Deficit and Jobs. First, Deficit: We don’t, of course, have the data for the deficit at the end of this…

…the trade deficit will disappear. The larger the stimulus package, the larger the trade deficit (which they call the “balance of payments deficit”): By our reckoning (which is put forward…