Economic indicators
US, China Talk Trade and Currencies
Government officials from both countries met this week in Washington for the third U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. China asked the U.S to lead an international economic recovery, but it may have been a hard sell considering that China’s trade statistics, also released this week, show the country’s exports hitting record levels, but its imports […]
How Green Can the GNP Be?
John Greenberg reports from Washington on the trials and tribulations of building a Gross National Product that accounts for environmental change. Advocates of greening up the economic measure claim it is crucial to include costs and gains to natural resources when weighing our national wealth.