Re: Does Japan's $93 trillion monetary base include their Postal Savings Accounts?

"Christian Party" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Bob LeChevalier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Bob LeChevalier wrote:
>> >> >Our negative balance of payments is almost half a trillion dollars
>each year
>> >> >now, and most of that is with Japan.
>> >>
>> >> As usual, you don't actually check before spouting off.

>What "error" should I "admit" to?
>
>You proved nothing.  My statement was "Our negative balance of payments is
>almost half a trillion dollars each year now", the statement is correct,

I did not contest that statement, but it is not what you said.  You
said:
>Our negative balance of payments is almost half a trillion dollars
>each year now, and most of that is with Japan.

It was the Japanese connection that made it relevant, and it was the
Japanese clause that is quite erroneous.

>you
>never even cited a reference, the Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division,
>reports our NEGATIVE balance of payments for goods to be $482.9 BILLION, and
>I'm not going to "apologize" for any "error", particularly when that was a
>*conservative* estimate.
>http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt

You have the wrong error, dummy.

lojbab
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