CERF Blog

Let’s see: The President wants to double exports in five years.* The Treasury is the appropriate department to create and implement a plan to double exports. Tim Geithner runs the Treasury. Tim Geithner denies deliberately weakening the dollar. See why I’m having cognitive dissonance here?  How can you possibly double exports without lowering the cost… Read more

California Trade data continue to reveal a strengthening that initially occurred late last year.  First quarter container loadings, inbound plus outbound at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports, were up 14.6 percent from the prior year. California’s 2010 first-quarter exports were up 44 percent from the prior year, following a 29 percent year-on-year increase in… Read more