Note again the role played by excess savings, which, as I've stressed, are the flip
side of our trade deficit.
A compelling answer, offered in this long essay by Michael Pettis or this distillation by Matthew Klein, involves the other
side of the trade deficit, i.e., the capital account surplus.
Not exact matches
On the corporate
side, the disappointing manufacturing PMI number has to be considered alongside a much better reading for services, while the US
trade deficit narrowed sharply in September due to a rebound in foreign countries» demand for American goods in spite
of a strong US dollar.