Oil imports into the United States account for the vast majority of our negative balance of payments.
Students at an Attleboro, Massachusetts, middle school went hungry this week, if they had a negative balance on their pre-paid lunch cards.
The negative trade-balance is a snap shot of what is wrong with our economy.
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It otherwise represents a decades long negative trade-balance of billions that must be paid back some day.
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Another way to look at this negative trade-balance is our nation consumes more than we produce, or fails to make enough of what other people want.
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Meanwhile, flow into their U.S. dividend funds have been, on balance, negative.
Trading volumes in Citi were dominated by retail investors since early 2010, becoming problematic for the stock recently as negative sentiment tilted the balance.
But if the numbers are right, Russia is heading towards a twin deficit economy, where the government budget and external trade balance are negative.
These developing countries often intervene in currency markets to prevent currency appreciation and its negative effects on their balance of trade resulting from currency depreciation and manipulation in other countries.
Timothy Anderson, an analyst at Prudential Equity Group who is neutral on Merck shares, wrote in a note to investors that the decision was on balance a negative for Merck.
"Whether it's an old contract or not, it has a profoundly negative impact on the balance of interests and the stability of the region, and it does put Israel at risk, " he said.
It goes on to say there would be a negative impact on the balance of trade, as England, Wales and Northern Ireland would have to boost imports of oil, rising to 2% of gross domestic product.
Business distress signals measured in the survey include clubs with serious court actions against them, including winding up petitions and high court writs, clubs issued with striking off notices for late filing of accounts, those with court judgments against them, and those with serious negative balances on their balance sheets.
The authors quote research that finds persuasive leaders balance positive to negative statements by a factor of five to one.
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The new normal is more of the same: a mixed bag of positive and negative news and data, with the negative outweighing the positive on balance.
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England are still very negative, but the midfield balance was better with Riki Flutey and Mike Tindall, while Toby Flood offered something at fly-half when he replaced Andy Goode.
To balance against this negative image of alternative or green lighting, LED lighting manufacturers have to reassure the public that their products are easy to use, are affordable and, furthermore, delight the public with new must-have features.
The trade balance has swung sharply negative in recent months, as consumer imports have surged.
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You can get a negative amortization loan, where your balance goes up.
Of course, this potential needs to balance against any unforeseen negative effects.
Our national saving, consisting of personal saving, business saving, and government saving, has been inadequate, in part because the government saving component, measured by the budget balance, has been negative rather than positive.
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Audience: how do you balance unbridled (and possibly negative) user reviews with the desires of your advertisers?
Admit mistakes and address headwinds, but on balance use more positive statements than negative ones.
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If the balance between improvement and cost turns negative for more than a short period, Iraqi resilience will be affected.
On the negative side, the ECB is contracting its balance sheet footings in size, as of February at an annualized three month rate of 33%.
The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence at the March highs (line b).
The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence at the recent highs and has broken its uptrend.
The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence at the highs (line h), and is testing its long-term uptrend (line i).
On the other hand, failure to keep up with the export credit activities of key competitors could have decidedly negative consequences for the U.S. trade balance and the economy.
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The daily on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence at the recent highs (line g), which was confirmed by the break of support (line h) on October 10.
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