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Aust trade gap narrows in April as farm exports recover - ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... trade gap with the rest of the world, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit fell 8.9% to $1.8 billion, allowing for seasonal influences. Exports rose six per cent, led by a 13% increase in rural goods ...

Trade deficit rises to almost $2 billion in March - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
... widened in March after a weaker-than-expected rise in exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit rose 15% to to $1.99 billion, defying economists' expectations of a fall to about $1.5 billion. Exports rose just 1% after ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... overnight showed US March consumer prices had increased by a larger than expected margin and that the US February trade deficit was narrower than expected. The data fuelled expectations that the US Federal Reserve would hike interest rates sooner rather ...

Vaile says trade figures take pressure off interest rates

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... did not need to rise, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed the trade deficit narrowed to $1.72 billion in February, from a revised $1.87 billion in January. Rural exports dipped 1%, largely due to a ...

December trade balance widens to $2.55 billion: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
... December, allowing for seasonal influences, while exports of non-rural goods dipped two per cent. The ABS said the trade deficit for the three months to December narrowed to $5.98 billion, an improvement on the $6.71 billion shortfall in the previous ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... Australian dollar opened weaker today, as the United States currency gained support from a narrower-than-expected US trade deficit. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7757/59 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7770/75. The local ...

Trade deficit widens in November, expected to narrow ahead

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australia's trade deficit widened by a whisker in November but economists expect it to narrow in the months ahead as an end to the drought begins to show up in the nation's rural export receipts. The Australian balance of goods and services was a deficit ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... The US government reported stronger US industrial production in November and a slight improvement in the nation's trade deficit in the third quarter. Despite a short term rally after the figures were released the US dollar remained under pressure against ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon

... Department confirmed it would install quotas on Chinese clothing imports, raising fears of protectionism and the US trade deficit. "We saw a bit of bond buying on the back of that," he said. "There was a firmer tone to interest rates, or bonds. "I'd ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar reaches $US0.7200 overnight

... major currencies, a strategist at a major bank said. The US dollar fell against major currencies after disappointing trade deficit and jobless claim numbers cast doubt about the strength of the American economic recovery, offshore analysts said. The ...

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