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Despite still-high unemployment, no federal government support package in place, lack of investment by U.S. companies and over 210,000...

The economy has come into sharp focus, and for good cause. The previous yo-yo pattern of import levels reached a peak in July that...

It seems as if US imports are performing like a yo-yo, up one month and down the next with no apparent cause.

Import data confirm a market share shift between West and East Coasts that is more than just month-by-month variability.

World trade is in serious trouble, and with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, globalization is also under threat. The old system of...

Last month we noted that our forecast had been “based on the optimistic view that by the end of March or early April some form of...

There are few signs of optimism in the shadow of COVID-19. The International Monetary Fund is projecting a recession of Great Depression...