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  • August 2008

    • Farms Fuel Boom in US Exports

      New York Times  |  Aug 18, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Farms Fuel Boom in US Exports

      (Newser) - Worldwide demand for grain and a weak US dollar helped drive exports up 7.1% in the first half of the year, providing a respite from the barrage of negative economic news. But experts warn the commodity-driven rise could be brief, reports the New York Times. Export surges of agricultural products “tend to go away pretty quickly,” said one analyst. More »

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      commodities  • manufacturing  • corn  • US exports  • trade deficit  • international trade  • jobs  • soybeans  • industry

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Poll: Most Expect Recession but Aren't Hurting—Yet

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 25, 08 3:34 AM CST

      Poll: Most Expect Recession but Aren't Hurting—Yet

      (Newser) - The vast majority of Americans are convinced the nation is sinking into a recession—but most are not feeling the pinch themselves and have no plans to tighten their belts just yet, according to a Los Angeles Times/ Bloomberg poll. A year ago a similar poll showed widespread confidence that the economy was in good shape.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • US economy  • recession  • Wall Street  • mortgage crisis  • weak dollar  • trade deficit  • mortgage rates

    • Oil Sends Trade Deficit to 14-Month High

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 11, 08 11:15 AM CST

      Oil Sends Trade Deficit to 14-Month High

      (Newser) - The trade deficit widened 9.3% to $63.1 billion in November, despite a healthy growth in exports. With the dollar down, and demand for US goods rising in Asia and Latin America, exports moved at a healthy clip. But spending on imported oil overshadowed everything else, Bloomberg reports. “It comes down to three things: oil, oil, and oil,” said one economist. More »

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      US dollar  • weak dollar  • imports  • US exports  • trade deficit  • US-China trade deficit

  • November 2007

    • Trade Deficit Nosedives Unexpectedly

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 9, 07 2:23 PM CST

      Trade Deficit Nosedives Unexpectedly

      (Newser) - The weakening dollar has an economic silver lining, Bloomberg reports. The government today said the slumping currency helped boost US exports and unexpectedly narrow the trade deficit in September to its smallest level since May 2005. "Instead of being the drag that it has been for the last 15 years, trade is finally becoming a net positive,'' one economist says. More »

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      US dollar  • trade deficit

  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • May 2007

    • Bush Cozies Up to China

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 25, 07 5:38 AM CDT

      Bush Cozies Up to China

      (Newser) - President Bush struck a conciliatory tone in yesterday's congress with Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, despite thickening indignation over Chinese policies. The Journal reports that the White House meeting tiptoed around China's tolerance of copyright piracy, the export of tainted food products, and Beijing's increasingly worrisome nuclear program. More »

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      China  • nuclear program  • copyright  • piracy  • food contamination  • yuan  • trade deficit  • Wu Yi

  • April 2007

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