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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... investors remain alert to the potential for mounting risks in Ukraine." Recent data from China show an unexpected trade deficit, due to a big fall in exports. February's $US23.0 billion ($A25.52 billion) deficit was a shock after analysts had forecast ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... in Crimea." Chinese import and export figures released over the weekend showed that China recorded an unexpected trade deficit in February. Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... contract was up one point at 5,421. Beijing reported weak inflation data and a $US23.0 billion ($A25.52 billion) trade deficit in February, while analysts had forecast an $US11.9 billion surplus. Meanwhile Japan said its economy grew more slowly in the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... lead to a fall in commodity prices. Chinese import and export figures released on Saturday showed an unexpected trade deficit of $US22.98 billion ($A25.37 billion), vastly different to a $US11.9 billion surplus economists had forecast. The disappointing ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... in Crimea." Chinese import and export figures released over the weekend showed that China recorded an unexpected trade deficit in February. Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... manufacturing data showed the world's second-largest economy losing strength and Japan logged its worst-ever January trade deficit. HSBC's preliminary reading for its purchasing managers' index (PMI), which tracks manufacturing activity in China's factories ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... labour data. At 0901 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,119. The US trade deficit rose a more-than-expected 12 per cent in December, but weekly new claims for unemployment insurance fell to 331,000 from ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... 4,038.01. Markets were in negative territory most of the day after payrolls firm ADP reported strong jobs growth, the US trade deficit declined and October new-home sales notched a 25.4 percent rise compared with the prior month. LONDON - Europe's main ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... US dollar and euro in Monday afternoon trading after data showed Japan logged a record 15th consecutive monthly trade deficit. Tokyo rose 0.91 per cent, or 132.03 points, to 14,693.57; Seoul was flat, edging up 0.61 points to 2,053.01; and Sydney advanced ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... sharemarket fell in line with Australia ahead of the federal election and after Australia unexpectedly posted a trade deficit. The NZX 50 Index fell 5.955 points, or 0.1 per cent, from a four-month high to 4,604.351.