Category Archives: U.S. Economy

Misleading Trade Report Headlines

(March 11, 2008) – The Department of Commerce released their U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: January 2008 this morning, reporting that total January exports of $148.2 billion and imports of $206.4 billion resulted in a goods and services … Continue reading

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January Wholesale Sales (+2.7%) and Inventories (+0.8%)

(March 10, 2008) – The Census Bureau announced this morning, in a Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories release, that January 2008 seasonally adjusted sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, were $387.7 billion, an increase of … Continue reading

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