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James Harris

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National security consultant; economist by trade; former chief of the China Division and the Strategic Assessments Group at CIA; later, manager at CENTRA Tech.

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    Serious Credit Card Delinquencies (unpaid balances for at least 90 days) hit their highest level in 14 years 🚨🚨🚨

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  2. PIIE on target: "The most persistent driver of America's unsustainably large trade deficit is foreign investment in the US. If Donald Trump manages to shrink the US trade deficit, it will be because he drove away foreign investment and slowed US economic growth." www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

    The most persistent driver of America's unsustainably large trade deficit is foreign investment in the United States, not other countries' trade barriers. If President Donald Trump manages to shrink t...

    The origins of the US trade deficit and the futility of tariffs

    The most persistent driver of America's unsustainably large trade deficit is foreign investment in the United States, not other countries' trade barriers. If President Donald Trump manages to shrink t...

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  3. Foreigners rebounded in May and June as purchasers of US stock and debt. That is a good thing, though many of us have reservations about our stock market being overvalued and our debt being too high. (Thx Barry Ritholtz)

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