Word: tradings
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When the next round of underground primary ratings emerges through rough consensus, three of the competitors will probably do well for different reasons. Gephardt has plowed Iowa more vigorously than a platoon of farmers and managed to identify himself with an issue -- protectionist measures to cut the trade deficit -- that appeals to labor activists. Even those who disagree with Gephardt's approach concede that he has exploited it shrewdly. Given the fractured nature of the Hart-less field, the support of labor could boost Gephardt to top-tier status, though it may hamper the recent headway he has been making...
...trade deficit is starting to move in the right direction," said Lawrence Chimerine, president of Wharton Economics. "But most people forget that adjustments bringing this about have a negative side effect: a weaker dollar, wage cuts, a squeezing of purchasing power and a pushing up of interest rates...
...trade deficit shrank against Japan in March, to $4.9 billion from $5.1 billion in the previous month...
However, the deficit with Japan, which reached $58.6 billion last year, remained this nation's largest. The trade gap with Canada also narrowed in March, to $1.5 billion from $1.9 billion in February...
...trade deficit with Western Europe rose in the same period, to $2.5 billion from $1.9 billion in February, including a $1.6 billion trading shortfall with West Germany, the largest trade gap ever with that nation...