Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1560arrow-down1imageEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?europe.pubBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·4 days agoIt’s funny you can pretty easily identify the different presidencies in the chart without looking at the years
minus-squareadeoxymus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat do you mean? I don’t think I see them? I do see Covid and 2008 financial crisis, but that’s about it.
minus-squaremeliante@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoCOVID, sure. What’s the mark then?
minus-squareTypotyper@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·4 days agoI’m thinking the 2022 mark is Ukraine. Middle of Biden’s term. But the US shipped weapons as gifts.
minus-squareTrapped In America@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-24 days ago But the US shipped weapons as gifts. The weapons are under the Lend-Lease Act so not gifts. And we’re selling weapons like hotcakes thanks to the invasion (ie. making money.)
It’s funny you can pretty easily identify the different presidencies in the chart without looking at the years
What do you mean? I don’t think I see them? I do see Covid and 2008 financial crisis, but that’s about it.
COVID, sure. What’s the mark then?
I’m thinking the 2022 mark is Ukraine. Middle of Biden’s term. But the US shipped weapons as gifts.
The weapons are under the Lend-Lease Act so not gifts. And we’re selling weapons like hotcakes thanks to the invasion (ie. making money.)