America's misguided Treasury Department mistakenly believes a cheaper dollar will mean a better trade balance.
Beyond mid-year, we expect a steady decline of the trade balance to reduce the current account.
In February, their trade balance with the rest of the world went into deficit.
On Sept. 9, inflation data, industrial production, trade balance and retail sales are expected.
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The trade balance has swung sharply negative in recent months, as consumer imports have surged.
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The positive trade balance was "once again the main driving force for economic growth in Germany".
No other country, not even America, comes close to matching Britain's trade balance in finance.
Included are challenges to our trade balance, access to critical resources, debt obligations and continued technological preeminence.
On Friday China will issue a fresh batch of economic data, including inflation and trade balance reports.
Also China will issue a fresh batch of economic data late-week, including inflation and trade balance reports.
The trade balance and the broader current account balance are obviously key to what happens to the dollar.
"The trade balance numbers were worse than expected, but a lot of it was oil related, " Stone said.
The upshot is that the exchange rate has little to do with the U.S. trade balance or employment.
Later this week China will issue a fresh batch of economic data, including inflation and trade balance reports.
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Buying American stocks does not show up when calculating the trade balance, even though it does balance currency exchanges.
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Compounding this destructive foolishness was the Bush Administration's belief that a weak dollar would help improve our trade balance.
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Devaluation gave the export sector a boost and helped turn the trade balance as its products looked more attractive.
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The trade balance went briefly into surplus for the first time in years.
They deprived Latin American countries of a relatively painless way to improve their trade balance, ie, a competitive devaluation.
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Back in the world of economics textbooks, a fall in the exchange rate improves the trade balance in two stages.
These errors were compounded by the Bush Administration's weak-dollar policy (pursued in the hope of improving the U.S. trade balance).
China's overall trade balance was in deficit in the first three months of this year, thanks to strong import growth.
That is doubtless good for business and the trade balance, but not very good for the battle against global warming.
Price is becoming an increasing consideration for Japan, because its energy imports have pushed the trade balance into the red.
Housing and capital goods spending along with our net trade balance remain depressed but have wound down to nearly irreducible lows.
Marcelo Elizondo, head of the UCES business school in Buenos Aires, says the interventions have affected the trade balance only slightly.
In economic news, expect to hear data on consumer credit on Wednesday, the trade balance on Wednesday, and wholesale inventories on Friday.
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