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Trade Deficit and Oil
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 10/11/2008
Trade Deficit and Oil
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Something a little different ... Tomorrow morning the Department of Commerce will release the trade deficit report for August. Some people might be looking at this report to see the impact of falling oil prices and slowing export growth. It is helpful to remember that oil prices peaked in ...
marginalrevolution.com - 10/13/2008
What is New Trade Theory?
— marginalrevolution.com — Congratulations to Paul Krugman on his Nobel.  Here is a primer on one of Krugman's key contributions,... New Trade Theory.  Tyler has more links below. Ricardo showed that every country (and every person) has a comparative advantage, a ... (more) What is New Trade Theory?

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George Soros on Markets (Bill Moyers)
bigpicture.typepad.com - 10/11/2008
George Soros on Markets (Bill Moyers)
— bigpicture.typepad.com — Bill Moyers talks with George Soros about the global capital meltdown, how he saw it coming, and... what can be done now. This is a fascinating, long form discussion between two smart people. It is a great example if using television to elucidiate ... (more) George Soros on Markets (Bill Moyers)

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Ex-oil Deficit Shrinks, but Exports Slow
econbrowser.com - 10/11/2008
Ex-oil Deficit Shrinks, but Exports Slow
— econbrowser.com — Messages from the August Trade Release and the September Import/Export Price release . First, the trade deficit... as a share of GDP is shrinking...as long as one excludes oil. Figure 1: Trade balance to GDP ratio (red) and trade balance to ... (more) Ex-oil Deficit Shrinks, but Exports Slow

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Short-Term Trading:  We are never happy! Thoughts about oil

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We are never happy! Thoughts about oil
Short-Term Trading — ... of oil a day from new fields have hit the world market. The big oil producers have good reason to be nervous. " "The high price at U.S. gas pumps has pushed both Barack Obama and John McCain into making the development of alternative fuels and electric cars key elements of their campaign platforms. But if gas prices continue to drop, those initiatives might begin to seem unnecessarily costly to many Americans. " Commodities Crash (FT) Trade Deficit and Oil (Calculated Risk) Five Reasons Why the $700 Billion Banking Bailout Will Translate into $250 ...

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