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Exchange Rate Policy and Full Employment

by Warren Mosler, Mosler Economics Editor’s note: This is the manuscript for a presentation made on either 03 December 1997 or 03 December 1999 (see discussion in comments) at a conference hosted by Prof. William Mitchell, University of Newcastle, New … Continue reading

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March 2012 Trade Data Still Indicating Expanding Economy

Written by Steven Hansen Import growth has positive implications historically to the economy – and March 2012 trade data (although not as good as February), continued to support projections the economy is expanding moderately. The market expected a trade deficit … Continue reading

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Trade Data for February 2012 Is Good, Export Spike May be Transitory

Written by Steven Hansen Trade balance is an important index to Econintersect which uses the data to validate economic projections.  To further our understanding we rebuild the analysis from scratch using unadjusted data.  You might have heard pundits throwing out … Continue reading

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Trade Data for January 2012 Shows USA Economy Is Improving

Written by Steven Hansen Data for January 2012 shows the trade balance deficit is continuing to grow according to the U.S. Census seasonal adjustment methodology. The market expected a trade deficit between $48.0 and $48.2 billion and the result came … Continue reading

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Economic Law of Gravity

by Ajay Shah Editor’s note: From Wikipedia, the Newtonian Law of Gravity says the force between two bodies is proportional to product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them. The equation is , where G … Continue reading

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Trade Data Shows Economy Improving in December 2011

Data for December 2011 showed the trade balance deficit is again beginning to grow according to the US Census seasonal adjustment methodology.  The market expected a trade deficit between $48.0 and $48.2 billion. In perspective, the current values of both … Continue reading

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November 2011 Trade Balance Deficit Grows, But Underlying Data Good

Data for November 2011 showed the trade balance deficit is again beginning to grow according to the US Census seasonal adjustment methodology. In perspective, the current values of both imports and exports are at record levels – and a slight … Continue reading

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