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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Port Traffic (Musical Tribute)


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That's a whole lotta nothin'.



See Also:
Continued Port Traffic Stagnation

Source Data:
Port of Long Beach: Statistics
Port of Los Angeles: Statistics
The X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Program
Posted by Stagflationary Mark at 5:21 PM
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Labels: charts, china, deflation, exponential trend failure, stagflation, trade deficit, videos

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Stagflationary Mark said...

She ain't exactly pretty.

February 18, 2012 at 5:31 PM

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