Moreover, trade activity proxied by employment in trade-related professions grew.
Next year's $60 million salary cap will be a major factor that could restrict trade activity.
Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph, for instance, were not — the objects of that afternoon's flurry of trade activity.
Phillips said he does not expect to see much trade activity before spring training, which opens on Feb. 16.
Alex Tabarrok links today to a Telegraph story listing the remarkable amounts by which trade activity has fallen.
There better be, because it feels like we've been hearing about this potential flurry of trade activity since spring training, especially with Cole Hamels.
It was Mike Danton, and that spoke volumes about the lack of trade activity on the first day of the National Hockey League entry draft.
Uncertainty contributed to the lack of trade activity during the draft, a weekend that has often involved considerable wheeling and dealing.
Minaya said he expected that there would be significant trade activity leading up to the winter meetings, which begin Dec. 3 in Nashville.
Inspection of order submission and trade activity reveals that subjects manage to exploit the direct linkages between markets enabled by the CVT system.
The Baltic Dry Index of freight rates is seen as a measure of global trade activity (although it is also affected by the supply of shipping).
