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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... delineation between expansion and contraction, except for customer inventories. Production, supplier deliveries, employment and imports all posted gains. However, there is worrying sign with regards to inflation in that the prices paid component surged ...

Daily economic update

... semiconductors and a 1.2 per cent decrease in industrial supplies more than offset the 10.8 per cent jump in aircraft exports. US imports fell 2.3 per cent with purchases from China declining to their lowest level since March 2005 - due perhaps to Chinese ...

Daily Economic Update

... US$11.2 billion in March -- the second highest on record and double market expectations. Exports rose by 28.3 per cent while imports increased by 21.1 per cent over the month. This surge in the trade surplus will no doubt heighten the protectionist trend ...

Daily economic update

... averaged 6.5 per cent of GDP in 2005. The magnitude of this deficit is unsustainable. Given the US' love affair with cheap imports the deficit is likely to increase rather than contract going forward. This is negative for US interest rates because at ...

Daily economic update

... momentum continues to slow, consumer spending softer, the property market still correcting and net exports (exports minus imports) remain a drag on growth are boosting expectations that if ever the RBA adjust rates at all this year, it would be downwards. ...

Daily Economic Update

... external sector remains absent with net exports subtracting 0.5 percentage point from growth as a 3 per cent increased in imports during the quarter swamped a small 1.1 per cent gain in exports. The soft property market also contributed to the disappointing ...

Daily economic update

... revised A$13.7 billion shortfall in the September quarter. The latest figures reflect the fall in farm exports, higher imports and increased borrowing over the final three months of 2005. The shortfall on the balance of goods and services rose by 1.4 ...

Daily economic update

... trade deficit in January - the first in five years - bolster this speculation. This is because the 27 per cent jump in imports during the month is further proof that domestic demand is accelerating, putting the recovery on a more sustainable footing. ...

Daily Economic Update

... billion in the previous month. A strong 7 per cent increase in exports of goods and services and a 1 per cent decline in imports during the month contributed to the hefty A$1.3 billion drop in the deficit.

Daily economic update

... except for inventories. Most components posted fractional declines except for the backlog of orders, export orders and imports. A similar report out of Europe also provided positive indications. The Eurozone Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) slipped to ...