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Australian dollar surges after US election result

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2004
... However, the US currency still ended weaker on the day, hurt by post-election turbulence and concerns about the US trade deficit. ABN AMRO head of foreign exchange strategy David Mozina said the re-election was perceived to be US dollar negative, because ...

Widening of trade deficit in September

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2004
A modest widening in Australia's trade deficit for September remains consistent with an interest rate tightening bias. The balance on goods and services for September came in at an adjusted $2.105 billion deficit, from a downwardly revised deficit of ...

Feedback from TD Securities European Roadshow

... suggestions for a downturn in economic growth, ongoing inflation against the likelihood widening trade and current account deficit. Feedback included mixed views on the $A "although it seems the bulls were driven more by their pessimistic views on the ...

Aust trade deficit narrows in August to $1.93 billion - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
... a five per cent drop in imports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the monthly trade deficit fell to $1.93 billion last month after a blowout in July took it to $2.67 billion, the second highest on record. The improvement ...

Aust June qtr c/a deficit $11.967 bln, s/adj

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
Australia reported a seasonally adjusted current account deficit of $11.967 billion in the June quarter from an upwardly revised $12.089 billion in the March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. The increase of $264 million in the deficit ...

Aust current account deficit expected to narrow in June qtr

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
Australia\'s current account deficit is expected to have narrowed modestly in the three months to the end of June, economists said, ahead of the release of the latest measure today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish the June quarter ...

Aust imports stubbornly high in June keeping trade deficit wide

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
Australian import growth remained stubbornly high in June, further widening the country\'s trade deficit, economists said on Thursday. The balance on goods and services was a seasonally adjusted deficit of $2.22 billion in June from an upwardly revised ...

US trade deficit shrinks in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... 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 from an unprecedented $US48.1 billion dollars ...

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

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
... 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 on the previous month. A 5% rise in imports of consumer goods - made ...

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

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
Australia's current account deficit 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 ...