tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post2533902819490955115..comments2024-03-19T02:45:37.685-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Exports remain strongScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-66578923877309424902011-12-16T11:07:04.902-08:002011-12-16T11:07:04.902-08:00If anyone cares, I have a post up at market moneta...If anyone cares, I have a post up at market monetarist.com, a nice blog.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-36758642630032029642011-12-16T08:52:03.696-08:002011-12-16T08:52:03.696-08:00Cheap dollar is helping exports. Oh that.Cheap dollar is helping exports. Oh that.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-22366321182080747972011-12-16T08:51:40.373-08:002011-12-16T08:51:40.373-08:00CPI reading out out today, no inflation, after las...CPI reading out out today, no inflation, after last month's decline. <br /><br />Why we are targeting zero inflation when the US economy is 13 percent below trend is beyond me.<br /><br />Ben Bernanke, instead of advising the Japanese, appears to be taking advice from them.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-50181002316231361862011-12-16T03:48:47.702-08:002011-12-16T03:48:47.702-08:00This article could have been more informative had ...This article could have been more informative had it not selectively chosen only positive (but distorted) news. For example:<br /><br />"Long Beach’s volume year-to-date (through November), without factoring in CUT’s business (which moved to LA and so inflated reported container movements there), show imports down 3.3 percent, exports down 4.1 percent and total container volume down 3.5 Ed Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720176132423294274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-68523364761382995262011-12-15T19:20:31.225-08:002011-12-15T19:20:31.225-08:00You have to be very careful citing POLA import/exp...You have to be very careful citing POLA import/export stats these days. One of the larger carriers in the Port of Long Beach recently jumped ship from POLB to POLA a couple months ago, skewing stats for both ports. It's best to look at combined data for the two ports or, better yet, wait until later in the month until all west coast port data is in:<br /><a href="http://www.joc.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-57737339056713869552011-12-15T17:24:09.774-08:002011-12-15T17:24:09.774-08:00Thank you, on behalf of the economy ;~)Thank you, on behalf of the economy ;~)Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418491109912775561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-82325999946220680232011-12-15T15:20:56.029-08:002011-12-15T15:20:56.029-08:00Well, following Scott's belief that the world ...Well, following Scott's belief that the world is not ending as we know it, I took the plunge and ordered a new car today after driving mine for over 10 years. I hope he's right.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06910619601367464068noreply@blogger.com