EconWatch.com > Productivity Growth and Foreign Trade balances in the EU and the U.S.

http://atlanticreview.org [Atlantic Review - Analysis of Transatlantic Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy] In 2005, the foreign trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 158.2 billion. According to provisional results of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the current account of the balance of payments showed a surplus of EUR 100.9 billion in 2006, which included the balances of supplementary trade items (EUR –19.8 billion), services (EUR –24.4 billion), factor income (net) (EUR +9.8 billion) and current transfers (EUR –26.5 billion).

Previous [Previous] A Race between Inflows and the Deficit...

Next [Next] The World Isn't Flat! And other things Tom Friedman Got Wrong....

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

[Chinabusinessservices.com] Archive » America’s Unbalanced Approach to Balanced Trade| China ...: But, if the US wants to reduce the trade balance with China (and there are some positive signs), getting the Chinese to appreciate their currency may help (or it may not), but it does not take a PhD in economics to see that further restricting (already difficult) high-technology exports - one area where the US has real competitive advantage - will not help. However, that is exactly what is being proposed.

http://www.rgemonitor.com [Rgemonitor.com] RGE - Brad Setser's Web Log: Hungaryvar yimgmainmenu10010=new Image;yimgmainmenu10010.src='/cache/imagecache/ba/ba285207df5345ddfd997a092ee8a271.gif';var nimgmainmenu10010=new Image;nimgmainmenu10010.src='/cache/imagecache/b6/b61e5075a563092d956347b034bd44eb.gif';

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, ,