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And today I want to talk about the trade deficit, which I'm calling like the national

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resume, which is a very funny characterization. It doesn't quite match up, but what I mean by that.

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So with the balance of trade being a national resume, it's sort of like, what is the skill

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set of our country on a global basis? Do other countries want the things that we produce

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or not so much? So it's not exactly like a resume. And of course, that's even a resume

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as outdated, but that's just how I think about the trade deficit. So any thoughts on these

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characterizations, Mike, before I move on? Well, the national resume, that's a good one.

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Our biggest skill is to create currency, and there does seem to be a demand for dollars

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around the rest of the world.