tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897997766931633186.post7951647718799575595..comments2024-02-14T03:21:37.506-05:00Comments on Monetary Freedom: Tariffs and ExportsBill Woolseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330232724290161369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897997766931633186.post-36007947249036871062017-01-30T11:43:28.286-05:002017-01-30T11:43:28.286-05:00Yes, saving more should decrease the trade deficit...Yes, saving more should decrease the trade deficit, and you can "invest" in it foreign companies. In this context investment means buying capital goods for use here in the U.S., not purchasing stocks and bonds.<br />Mayor Bill Woolseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439136665155575382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897997766931633186.post-65152459290193713742017-01-23T15:53:37.223-05:002017-01-23T15:53:37.223-05:00"Finally, they could keep their currencies fr..."Finally, they could keep their currencies from losing value by selling off any U.S. assets they hold and instead accumulating other sorts of foreign exchange or else each their own domestic assets. This would tend to shrink the U.S. trade deficit by reducing the amount of foreign funding of U.S. investment."<br /><br />SO if a person is worried about the trade deficit could he do something about it by increasing his saving. Will that tend to decrease the trade deficit?<br /><br />If he increases his saving and invests in foreign companies will that tend to decrease the trade deficit?JWOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004178958481335795noreply@blogger.com