#deficit

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy. ↗

— David Cameron

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Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#deficit #dependence #financial #funds #only

To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks, businesses, and real estate to the rest of the world. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#appeals #attention #attention deficit #attention span #because

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#along #californians #deficits #federal #federal spending

Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country. ↗

— Stephanie Cutter

#country #creation #debt #deficit #did