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Peter Schiff: Strong Dollar or Exports? Pick One.
Last week, Peter joined Glenn Diesen for an interview on the post-trade deal economy. Peter takes on the myths surrounding Trump’s trade war with China, the real impact of tariffs on Americans, and where he sees the dollar heading as the world’s reserve currency. He explains why the perceived victories of protectionist trade policy are […]
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Surging Trade Deficit Likely to Reverse in the Months Ahead
The Trade Deficit is one of the two components of the twin deficits; the other being the federal budget deficit which was last reviewed in January. The trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of […]
America’s Trade Surplus in Services Shrinks as Trade Deficit in Goods Balloons
Americans consume goods other people produce. As America offshored its manufacturing, it promised to supply the world with high-priced services and technology in exchange. But as it turns out, that promise never materialized. The ballooning overall trade deficit bears this out. It leaped to another record high in March, surging 5.6% month-on-month to a new […]