…trade unionism are almost contradictory terms. The trial and error method of testing rules, the ever changing conditions of the trade, the large number of men concerned in the agreement,…

…cost of manufacture, shipping, and similar trade related factors. 3. Attempts to deal with trade balances between individual pairs of countries in isolation are probably going to produce dubious results….

…economic costs of a trade war. For a trade war that “deglobalized” the U.S. economy would require a big reallocation of resources, including capital. Yet you go to trade war…

Mark Thoma at Maximum Utility has conclusions on the figures for creation of jobs and trend in trade deficits: (reposted with permission of the author) Figures on the trade balance…

…interests at home and abroad. Over the last nine years since China ascended to the World Trade Organization (WTO), it has amassed a $1.76 trillion trade surplus with the United…

…this purpose the Trust Fund Balances for Treasury score as part of Public Debt. But seen from the perspective of CBO and OMB those balances are simply the sum of…

No words. Just numbers . . . Student Loan Justice Org. I lied . . . some words. The first, oldest and largest citizen’s group in the nation fighting for…

…to below). The Federal Reserve Flow of Funds showed a third quarter shift in the financial sector balances: the corporate saving rate declined 0,25% to 2,7% of GDP; the household…

…a trade deficit (more imports than exports) to balance the borrowing. Was Norway’s trade deficit bad? No… The trade deficit was a natural process of investing in future economic growth…

In part #1 of this series on international flows, Norway’s trade deficit of the 1960’s was associated with foreign investment coming into their country. So the net trade deficit of…