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Jim Banks: “Our trade deficits with China, the EU, Canada, and Mexico…”

Featuring: Jim Banks, Republican | U.S. Senate, Indiana

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Jerome Powell Discusses U.S. Interest Rates, Tax Policy, and Inflation with Jim Banks

Published | Video Starts at 04:56

And that's the only insight we have. And we're just kind of wanting to see more data on that before we move forward. One final question about data. Our trade deficits with China, the EU, Canada, and Mexico have all significantly dropped recently. What does the data tell us about that? Well, I think that's how that would affect inflation. How it would affect inflation. I don't know that it has implications for inflation, but it obviously reflects the tariffs. (04:56–05:03)

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Asserts that trade deficits with major trading partners have decreased recently.

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