Tagged: Exports

Gangnam Style is, among other things, a high-tech, sophisticated export.

The economy is not doing well. Unemployment is high, homes are worth what they were in 2003, and growth is weak.

But one sector is doing great: exports. They've been growing about four times as fast as the overall economy since the beginning of 2010.

This is part of a longer-term trend. Despite the myth that the U.S. doesn't make anything anymore, U.S. exports have actually been contributing a larger and larger share of the U.S. economy since the 1970s.

What's going on?

We've written before about how China's growing middle class is buying more stuff that's made in America.

Turns out, the same thing is happening in Mexico, which buys more U.S. stuff than China.

State officials say Colorado’s agricultural exports are on the rise. New figures show exports up 18 percent during the first six months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.