The trade imbalances with Japan, China, Western Europe, Canada and Mexico grew to their widest ever last year.
At the same time, stress in itself produces hormones which can lead to chemical imbalances with too little serotonin in the brain.
Imbalances with China and Japan both hit records, reflecting imports of cars and toys, and the bill for foreign oil also rose to the highest level ever.
The paper is exceptionally balanced and accessible, and it explores in depth the potential national-security consequences of American trade and financial imbalances with China, Russia, and oil-exporting states in the Persian Gulf.
This story of a wealthy professional woman driven to desperate measures to produce a son for her husband deftly balances universal social imbalances with more explicitly regional ones, with an aching human centre in Uche Nwadili's remarkable lead performance.
Specifically, a ceiling must be set on local money creation by establishing the obligation to settle balance-of-payments imbalances with gold or other comparably safe means of payment.
G-20 members have promised to address the imbalances, with exporting countries saying they will try to increase domestic demand and importing countries pledging to reduce government borrowing and increase private saving.
Although there is no specific cure, treatment involves the careful monitoring of the patient's vital functions and prompt correction of any imbalances with antibiotics, insulin, corticosteroids, glucose, diuretics, blood serum, and other aids.
Mr. Bernanke and other Fed officials have sought to discourage speculation in recent weeks, arguing that monetary policy cannot address the nation's fundamental problems, including the collapsed housing market, the federal deficit and trade imbalances with developing nations.
However, the four liberal justices who dissented from the majority opinion said it trampled on the rights of women employees, who had been specifically protected under the ACA to include preventative care such as contraception and reduce cost imbalances with men.
Still, in the words of Le Monde last month, he is "counting on making the G-20 his magnum opus and finding a solution to the world's monetary imbalances with, if necessary, a common French-Chinese front against the United States".
