Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1565file-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pubBoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
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minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoyes, but that’s caused by an excessive trade deficit. A slight trade deficit when you’re the world’s reserve currency is ideal.
minus-squareBrowseMan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days ago“trade deficit” is a completly wrong expression. Why? Because it only count goods and not services. Services which, for a developed economy, are generaly above goods in part of GDP. https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-industry
yes, but that’s caused by an excessive trade deficit. A slight trade deficit when you’re the world’s reserve currency is ideal.
“trade deficit” is a completly wrong expression.
Why? Because it only count goods and not services. Services which, for a developed economy, are generaly above goods in part of GDP.
https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-industry
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