How the Pandemic Widened Global Current Account Balances
Martin Kaufman, Daniel Leigh | IMF Blogs | 08/02/2021
2020 was a year of extremes. Travel all but ceased...
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Robert E. Scott | Economic Policy Institute | 02/15/2022
The U.S. goods trade deficit reached a record $1.09 trillion in 2021—an increase of $168.7 billion (18.3%) from the 2020 trade deficit—according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. The broader…
Martin Kaufman, Daniel Leigh | IMF Blogs | 08/02/2021
2020 was a year of extremes. Travel all but ceased...
Doug Palmer | Politico | 10/06/2020
As President Donald Trump enters the final month of his reelection campai...
Tim Fernholz & Dan Kopf | Quartz | 09/28/2020
During an economic slowdown, the US tends to see its balance ...
Daniel J. Ikenson | CATO Institute | 04/04/2020
The trade balance is calculated as the difference between the val...
Fareed Zakaria | Washington Post | 02/20/2020
President Trump’s most consistent case for hi...
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