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Offline eagl

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« on: February 26, 2005, 01:31:11 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2005, 02:30:59 PM »
"Statistics Canada corrected a $1.4 billion error in underestimating U.S. exports to Canada during November, and later data also showed the U.S. trade deficit for December narrowed more than had been anticipated. "


The US trade deficit increased by over $121 billion dollars, from $495 billion to $617 billion, an increase fo 24%.  I'm not sure how meaningful that $1.4 billion is.

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/annual.html
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2005, 02:32:55 PM »
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I blame President Bush.


LOL

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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2005, 04:15:27 PM »
as long as the euros think bush is an idiot we have them by their ballsacks.
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2005, 04:18:29 PM »
This is seriously bad news. This part is REALLY bad....

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Despite the fourth-quarter revision, there was no change in the government's calculation that GDP grew 4.4 percent in 2004, ahead of a 3 percent increase in 2003 and the strongest for any year since 1999, when it expanded 4.5 percent.


Man the lifeboats.. she's a-going down.
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2005, 04:20:48 PM »
Ok... err.... "I blame Bush" eh? Think of one thing, NICE WAY TO START BS FIGHTS ON THE BBS! Wow... oh i forgot. If you don't like Bush, "You have your right to express your thoughts" bs.
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2005, 04:27:18 PM »
Airwolf,

Gotcha ;)

It's a good idea to at least skim the article and the other posts before going off...
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2005, 04:27:42 PM »
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Ok... err.... "I blame Bush" eh? Think of one thing, NICE WAY TO START BS FIGHTS ON THE BBS! Wow... oh i forgot. If you don't like Bush, "You have your right to express your thoughts" bs.


Heh.  Bud, you're totally outclassed here.
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2005, 04:40:23 PM »
One thing that suprises me is how weak the US dollar is at the moment. Even the Kiwi dollar reached a high the other day of almost .80 to the dollar.

Not so great for the exporters but good for when shopping on Amazon. Wonder how it's effecting foreign investment in the US though with more turning to the Euro?


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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2005, 04:41:32 PM »
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Airwolf,

Gotcha ;)

It's a good idea to at least skim the article and the other posts before going off...


Yeah, even I read the article and got the joke.  :)

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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2005, 04:43:52 PM »
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and later data also showed the U.S. trade deficit for December narrowed more than had been anticipated


The bad news just doesn't stop.  The boilers are gonna blow!
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2005, 04:54:32 PM »
I might have to help the US export a bit by buying an american car now that they're dirt cheap.

To bad the new cadillac models seem to have some quality issues..
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2005, 05:02:53 PM »
A certain phrase that was very popular a few months ago keeps running through my mind. I believe it was: This is the worst economy in 70 years!
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2005, 05:44:06 PM »
i was here
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2005, 06:26:07 PM »
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as long as the euros think bush is an idiot we have them by their ballsacks.


You got that right.

Bush isnt my favorite person ,and he doesnt come off well alot of times but its obvious the man is far from stupid.

A great many people think he is and because of this they underestimate him and that turns out to be their undoing.

Hows that saying go?

"dumb like a fox"
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