Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agoEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·3 months agoA trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics. But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.
A trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics.
But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.