Some other possible consequences of monetary tightening.
Category Archives: international
The downward march of the trade balance
Some context for the the latest trade deficit numbers
Still no correction from Homeland Security
The mainstream media finally seems to be catching on to the fact that the Dubai Ports World acquisition of the British port services company P&O would involve not six but over 20 U.S. ports. It’s curious that no one has yet followed up on the fact that the reason the original number was reported as six is because that’s the information that was given out by the Department of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security’s curious “fact sheet”
Tempest in a Sea Port
The United-Arab-Emirates-based company Dubai Ports World has graciously requested a new 45-day review in the hopes of allaying concerns about its proposal to take over the British-based company P&O, which if approved would allow DP World to operate 11 of the 43 terminals at the ports of 6 U.S. cities. Here I summarize a few of the issues that have been raised about this takeover.
A Critique of Pure Dark Matter
Net income on the balance of payments might be essentially zero in 2005q4
Tackling “Oil Addiction”?
Cognitive Dissonance in the 2006 Economic Report of the President
Open Economy Macro in the 2006 Economic Report of the President
Beryl Sprinkel meets Ben Bernanke
December 2005 trade figures and implications
The trade deficit (total and ex-oil) widens again.
US-centered vs. China (or “them”)-centered Worldviews on Global Imbalances
Chinese foreign exchange reserves and current account surpluses are (still) rising. Why and how important is this phenomenon?