If your productivity boom only widens the trade deficit, it's not a productivity boom, it's a spending boom đđ¤Ŗ (widening imports vs domestic production).
Productivity boom = more production vs consumption
Who benefits in goods & services bought and sold?
You guessed it right!
Deval...
The US has a big fat r-g problem
GDP growth too low 1.5%
USD too high
Rates way too high vs USD & growth
Oil too high
Private Credit souring
Bessent screwed up.