7. ^På¡nPoSHW7_I997)  
When a reporter asked White House spokesman Marlin Fitz-water yesterday if he believed that a further drop in the dollar would improve the nationÛªs trade deficit, Fitzwater gave a typical response.</br></br>ÛÏWe donÛªt have any comment on the dollar,Û Fitzwater said, repeating what has become a standard White House refrain to questions about the economy.</br></br>Yesterday the White House disclosed that it has developed a new way to answer journalistsÛª questions about the administrationÛªs economic policies:	a</br></br>Officials said that while ÛÏThe White House Economic BulletinÛ is debuting only seven months before the end of the Reagan administration, it was not designed as a campaign tool for Vice President Bush, the expected 1988 Republican presidential nominee. ÛÏItÛªs never too late for a good idea,Û said the bulletinÛªs editor, Marion C. Blakey.</br></br>Blakey, director of the White House public affairs office, said the publication reflects the presidentÛªs belief that he has presided over a major turnaround in the economy and that is "a good news story thatÛªs not getting out.Û 6,500 economic columnists and editorial writers, took positive views on two major economic issues. The lead story speaks of booming U.S. exports pressing the nationÛªs gross national product to ÛÏan energetic rate of 3.9 percentÛ in the first quarter of the year and a second article debunks claims that America is losing its industrial base.