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Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... their highest level in three years is a positive indication for America's labour market prospects. Next stop, the US trade deficit narrowed by 4% to US$43.1 bil in September from US$44.9 bil in the previous month with a 1.4% increase in exports offsetting ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... boy, players just chose to ignore them. What the market saw is America's trade numbers - and they were good. The US trade deficit narrowed by 6.7 per cent in April as exports grew by 1.3 per cent and imports declined by 0.4 per cent. This is good - a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... prices sank. Commodities are still more expensive than they were a year ago. High oil prices helped push the nation's trade deficit up six per cent to $US48.2 billion ($A44.54 billion) in March from February. US companies sold more cars and other goods ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... economy beyond that which would cause rising inflation. This is already happening with the widening in Australia's trade deficit - a negative for growth. This is already happening with Australia's exporters finding it more difficult to compete in price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... government shutdown in the world's biggest economy. Shanghai edged up a day after China posted its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years as rising commodity prices pushed manufacturers' costs higher. China recorded a small trade deficit of $US1.02 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... 2,933.80. The market was already weighed by unrest in the Middle East, eurozone debt worries, a wider-than-expected US trade deficit and China's announcement of a rare trade deficit for February. Friday's falls came after steep losses on Thursday, when ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... where would we all be without the good ol' US of A? Data releases here completed the "day of rage" picture. It's trade deficit widened to a bigger-than-expected US$46.3 billion in January - the highest in seven months. Exports increased by 2.7 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes all losing more than 1.8 per cent in the day. A wider-than-expected US trade deficit and a rare trade shortfall in China for February, together with new sovereign downgrades in Europe and turmoil in Saudi Arabia ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... conjunction with other economic data such as the rebound in consumer confidence and retail spending, a narrowing trade deficit and on-going strength in the ISM indices, leaves little doubt that the US economy is moving upwards and onwards. And in case ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... in labour market going forward. The weaker US dollar is having a positive impact in the US external account. The trade deficit narrowed to US$44.0 bil in September against US$46.5 bil in the previous month and expectations of US$45.0 bil. This should ...