Rattner: It's "Normal" To Have Trade Deficits With Countries Like Bangladesh, We Get "Cheaper, Better Goods" In Return
Economic reporter Steve Rattner discussed the stock market's reaction to President Donald Trump's tariff initiative on Friday ...
France Will Let Deficit Goal Slip If Trade War Hurts Economy
France ruled out further spending cuts to meet its deficit reduction target if a trade war hammers the economy, casting doubt ...
An economist explains what trade deficits really mean
Like all taxes, the tariffs will discourage beneficial economic activity and will make Americans poorer and worse off.
US trade deficit narrows in February
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February, but the level of imports remained elevated after businesses front-loaded goods ...
Trade ‘Emergency’ Follows Decades of Trump Anger That America Has Been Ripped Off
Economists and legal experts question how the strongest economy in the world can be facing a national emergency over the ...
The U.S. trade deficit remains near a record high — and will be a drag on economic growth
The deficit in February remained much larger than the $135.5 billion trade gap forecast by Wall Street economists polled by ...
US trade imbalance with China: What is a trade deficit vs trade surplus? Why it matters
US has highest trade deficit in the world. Who has highest trade surplus? Here's what trade imbalance and reciprocal tariffs ...
No, that’s not what a trade deficit means – and that’s not how you calculate other nations’ tariffs
To calculate its ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the Trump administration has opted for a crude formula with no basis in trade theory.
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Are trade deficits bad? No, economist says
For decades, Trump has been arguing that trade deficits are bad. BUT - should we be eliminating trade deficits at all? Economist and Harvard professor Jason Furman says no.
Why tariffs will hurt US economic growth but likely won’t reduce the trade deficit
Higher tariffs would unambiguously reduce real gross domestic product and would likely push inflation up, though the size of ...
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Tariffs Will Destroy the Best Cure for the Trade Deficit
Forgotten amid all the administration’s threats and justifications is the other side of the trade equation. More exports not ...
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Use tariffs to shrink the trade deficit? Watch out for unintended consequences.
Economists say that if if foreigners buy fewer American goods, then the US federal government needs to spend less, but that's ...