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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... for not being labelled a currency manipulator by the US Treasury. However, it appears that the protectionists in the US Congress want a more significant revaluation. The Schumer bill wants a 27.5 per cent increase in the yuan or a tariff equivalent will ...

Daily economic update

... spending on cheap imports. The low level of imports from China is also unlikely to derail the protectionist moves in the US Congress. The trade deficit is a major risk to the US economy. Despite February's decline from record levels, indications suggest ...

Daily Economic Update

... 21.1 per cent over the month. This surge in the trade surplus will no doubt heighten the protectionist trend in the US Congress although the country breakdown of the surplus was not available. Chinese president Hu Jintao and President Bush will meet ...

Daily economic update

Reports of strong US durable goods orders could create doubt for those expecting the Federal Reserve to soon put an end to its monetary policy tightening. US durable goods orders rose by 1.3 per cent in December following an upwardly revised 5.4 per ...

Daily Economic Update

... the previous month and against expectations for a decline to US$62.9 billion. The protectionist's measures in the US Congress will find added fuel as the deficit with China, Canada and Mexico rose to record highs during the month. Imports rose by 2.7 ...

Daily economic update: Consumer confidence rebounds

... between the two countries. It remains to be seen if this will derail the protectionist measures currently tabled in the US Congress. Meanwhile the Euro continued its slide against most major currencies in overnight trade on the back of growing investor ...

US Congress moves to approve free trade deal with Aust

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2004
Congress moved today to approve a free trade agreement with Australia. The US sees Australia as an important market for US manufactured goods and a strong ally in the war against terrorism that has \"been there when it counted most\". The House voted ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones ends losing streak

... US picked up 25.07 points on the Dow Jones index after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan indicated to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee that it would "not be unreasonable" to expect a pick-up in economic growth. Shares in the UK had ...