Little sign of the reversal in the trade deficit.
Category Archives: international
Strange ideas about the Iranian oil bourse
The internet can be a good source of information about issues that aren’t adequately covered by the mainstream media. It can also be a font of considerable kookiness.
Long term prospects for U.S. net exports in perspective
Does the cross-border fragmentation of production mean that measured trade flows are irrelevant?
Government interest payments on the rise
Government interest payments are on their way up. Payments to non-residents are going up even faster.
What’s out there?
New IMF quarterly data on central bank reserve holdings
October trade balance numbers
At the tail ends of the distribution of expectations
Does manufacturing matter?
Tradables and nontradables in the current account adjustment process.
by Menzie Chinn
Latest trade figures
How anomalous is U.S. current account behavior?
Is there statistical evidence for the “global savings glut”?
by Guest Blogger: Menzie Chinn