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Daily economic update

... the first quarter following a strong January reading and an expected rebound in March. Meanwhile, the US current account deficit ballooned to a record US$224.9 billion in the fourth quarter - up by 21.3 per cent from the September quarter. The third ...

Daily economic update

Australia's balance of payments continued to deteriorate in the December quarter with the deficit on the current account widening by 5.7 per cent to A$14.5 billion (6.1 per cent of GDP) from a revised A$13.7 billion shortfall in the September quarter. ...

Weekly economic round-up

... country's scorecard will be preceded by the fourth quarter 2005 reading on the current account which is expected to remain in deficit of around 5.8 per cent of GDP as net exports continue to subtract from growth. January figures for Australian retail ...

Daily economic update

... 'immediately' begin reducing the amount of liquidity pumped into the banking system. Reports that Japan recorded a trade deficit in January - the first in five years - bolster this speculation. This is because the 27 per cent jump in imports during the ...

Daily Economic Update

... These should provide a positive underpinning to the service sector in coming months. More good news. Australia's trade deficit dropped to A$1.2 billion in December from A$2,5 billion in the previous month. A strong 7 per cent increase in exports of goods ...

Daily economic update

... watchers are also worried over the US budget. The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the country's budget deficit will increase to US$337 billion in 2006 from a deficit of US$319 billion last year. The Bush administration estimates that ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
... significant reduction from the estimated $105 million currently. Under new international accounting standards, the scheme's deficit at 30 September 2005 was $A1 billion. NAB expects the proposed changes to reduce this by around $A380 million. To re-align ...

Daily economic update

The US trade deficit narrowed to US$64.2 billion in November, from US$68.1 billion in the previous month, and was better than the expected US$66.1 billion. While the narrower trade gap is welcome, it remains the third highest deficit on record. US exports ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

... fact that the US is towards the top of the market, and that is a concern for investors." Oliver highlighted the US trade deficit, international debt and year two in the presidential cycle as all cause for concern in the US share market, but said the ...

Daily Economic Update

... to fall or remain steady rose to 17.2 per cent during the month from 11.6 per cent in November. Overseas, the US trade deficit rose to a record US$68.9 billion in October following a revised US$66 billion shortfall in the previous month and against expectations ...