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In two new analyses published today, EPI's Robert Scott parses the latest data and explains why, for further progress on taming our trade debt, all eyes are now turning to Asia. Today's International Picture shows that the combination of progress on revaluing the dollar and growth abroad has begun to level international playing fields. Today's Economic Snapshot, which compares the dollar's value against the currencies of its trading partners, shows that further gains on the trade deficit will depend on convincing Asian nations, especially China, to end policies that are continuing keep the dollar artificially high against their currencies.

Now that falling home prices and tightening lending standards have squelched mortgage equity withdrawals, a drop in consumption spending may not be far behind. This week's Economic Snapshot reviews the data behind spending and home equity loans.

How much has state spending on higher education grown in comparison to that on prisons over the past 20 years? This week's Snapshot tells the tale.

Listen to an interview with Gregory D. Squires, author of, "Do subprime loans create subprime cities? Surging inequality and the rise in predatory lending."

For same-day analysis of the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, read EPI's Jobs Picture.