Number: RL33274
Title: Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit
Authors: James K. Jackson, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of the U.S. balance of payments, an explanation of the broader role of capital flows in the U.S. economy, an explanation of how the country finances its trade deficit or a trade surplus, and the implications for Congress and the country of the large inflows of capital from abroad
Pages: 14
Date: July 22, 2008