David Powell Quotes on Danger & Risk (2 Quotes)

I understand the dilemma and the risks I'm asking you to take. I'm asking you to support me and to allow me to run this office for one year the way I can maintain morale and keep two qualified people working. I can do that and meet your budgetary requirements, ... I can never do that and keep the courthouse happy. I don't try to do that. I've not tried that for 20 years. That's going to be impossible for me to do. I don't worry about anybody but my staff nor do I come in here and complain about what somebody else is getting. If you want to pay the folks in the clerk's office 60,000, I don't care. I'm talking about one person here and trying to sustain it for one year.

Canada's trade balance tends to attract less attention given that it's in pretty healthy shape. But going into the (U. S.) trade balance, I imagine the market is positioned short dollars because it's forecast to widen. Risks are skewed towards a larger deficit.