Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
arrow-up1528arrow-down1imageEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·9 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.