13-05-2003 22:19									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Kidicious Right now a surplus accumulates there. In 10 years or so there will be a deficit. So that will increase the money supply like a budget deficit, right? Will they sell off the govt debt in there?

It will drive the unified budget balance further into the negative, yes. The effect is that of an increased deficit anyway. How it is technically done (have bonds reimbursed by federal government or sell them at market) is a secondary issue.

	14-05-2003 04:28									#92
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quote: Originally posted by Kidicious The weak Dollar doesn't seem to be affecting US trade much.

The growth in international trade of the first five quarters was offset during the five or six following quarters, then, when the decrease of the dollar value became significant, import and export started growing again, export at about 6% and import at about 15%. Nothing able to reduce the trade deficit, but the full effect of the weak dollar on export is possibly not yet produced.