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U.S. Economy Stumbles into Negative Territory Amid Rising Inflation and Imports
America’s economy contracted slightly in the first quarter of 2025, with real GDP slipping 0.3%, reversing from a solid 2.4% growth seen in the previous quarter. According to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the downturn was largely driven by surging imports and reduced government spending. Despite underlying resilience in […]
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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 […]
Precious Metals Imports Into US Hit 19-Year High in 2020
Imports into the US of gold, silver and other precious metals surged last year. The value of precious metals pouring into the US hit a 19-year high in 2020 and doubled the volume of 2019, according to an analysis of census trade data by USA TODAY.
Peter Schiff: No, It’s Not Easy to Win a Trade War
It looks like Donald Trump is launching a full-blown trade war. Not to worry though. According to the president, a trade war is “easy to win.” When a country is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when […]