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Economic Roundup

... retail sales fell by 0.3 per cent in September, bigger than market forecasts for a mere 0.1 per cent decline. The trade deficit also widened in September and is likely to make a negative contribution to third quarter GDP. These soft local indicators ...

Gold bull market set to continue: Baker Steel

... expectations the value of the USD will fall, driven by the impacts of the unsustainable US current account. "[The] US trade deficit is somewhat of a nightmare. We see the situations as unsustainable." But if demand is going to rise, the question is where ...

Global and local share outlook positive, bonds not so: AMP Capital Investors

... between $US0.69 and $US0.80 and will be buffeted by negatives of Federal Reserve tightening and Australia's own trade deficit versus the positives of a falling US dollar and reasonable global growth and commodity prices.

Australian dollar surges after US election result

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2004
... However, the US currency still ended weaker on the day, hurt by post-election turbulence and concerns about the US trade deficit. ABN AMRO head of foreign exchange strategy David Mozina said the re-election was perceived to be US dollar negative, because ...

Widening of trade deficit in September

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2004
A modest widening in Australia's trade deficit for September remains consistent with an interest rate tightening bias. The balance on goods and services for September came in at an adjusted $2.105 billion deficit, from a downwardly revised deficit of ...

Aust trade deficit narrows in August to $1.93 billion - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
... a five per cent drop in imports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the monthly trade deficit fell to $1.93 billion last month after a blowout in July took it to $2.67 billion, the second highest on record. The improvement ...

Aust current account deficit expected to narrow in June qtr

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
Australia\'s current account deficit is expected to have narrowed modestly in the three months to the end of June, economists said, ahead of the release of the latest measure today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish the June quarter ...

Aust imports stubbornly high in June keeping trade deficit wide

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
Australian import growth remained stubbornly high in June, further widening the country\'s trade deficit, economists said on Thursday. The balance on goods and services was a seasonally adjusted deficit of $2.22 billion in June from an upwardly revised ...

US trade deficit shrinks in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
The US trade gap unexpectedly shrank in May as exports shot to a record high, snapping a five-month run of bulging shortfalls, the Commerce Department said overnight. The deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $US46 billion ($A63.44 billion) dollars ...

Aust trade gap steady in May at $1.84 billion - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
... May despite a surge in farm exports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit was $1.84 billion in May, a $2 million deterioration on the previous month. A 5% rise in imports of consumer goods - made ...