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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 ...

Jap economy to grow faster than expected in 2004-2005: BoJ

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... product would grow 3%-3.2% in the year to March 2005. It attributed the more upbeat outlook to a continued recovery in exports and corporate investment in factories and offices and rising industrial production, all of which have had a positive impact ...

Australian-Thai FTA signed

... interests. The Australia-Thai FTA will come into operation on January 1 next year, with around $700 million worth of Australian exports to benefit from immediate tariff cuts.

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

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world remained steady in 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 ...

Aust interest rates on hold in June - RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... 5.25% in June. Interest rates last rose in December 2003 but since then, signs of a housing slowdown, weaker-than-expected exports and a slowing in consumer demand and high petrol prices have stayed the bank's hand. RBA deputy governor Glenn Stevens ...

Current account deficit up to nearly $12b in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
... worsened again in the first three months of the year, with consumer demand for imported goods outweighing a recovery in farm exports. The deficit increased 2% to just less than $12 billion, from a revised $11.8 billion in the December quarter, the Australian ...

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

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
A jump in farm exports in April, particularly wheat, helped narrow Australia's 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 ...

Business urged to take advantage of Aust-Thai FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
... into force, making Australian products and services more competitively priced. "In calendar year 2003, Australia's total exports to the Thailand were $2.2 billion. We hope this figure will improve once tariffs are eliminated or reduced," Mr Harcourt ...

Aust business conditions broadly unchanged in April - NAB

... momentum will continue," Mr Oster said. "Also somewhat encouraging, there was a second consecutive positive reading for exports with a positive contribution from all sectors during the past two months." He said wage pressures, although moderate, had ...

RBA decision to leave rates expected and clear cut: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
... evidence that the domestic economy is slowing and inflation is at the bottom of the RBA's target range. He added that exports were not kicking into growth, which showed the positive aspect of the global economy was not coming through. "So, it is reasonably ...