- Monday, 28 August 2017
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U.S. trade deficit widens in July, advance report shows
An early look at U.S. trade patterns in July points to a wider deficit. The advanced trade gap in goods — services are excluded — widened by nearly 1.8% to $65.1 billion in July, the Commerce Department said Monday. Both exports and imports declined, but exports dropped at a faster pace. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected a goods trade deficit of $64.6 billion. The government will release overall trade numbers, including services, for July next week, but the size of the trade deficit is generally tied to changes in exports and imports of goods. Trade patterns involving services rarely change much from month to month.
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
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China's exports at the lowest level since February
China customs administration announced trade data in yuan terms in statement today. July exports climbed 11.2% y/y; median est. 14.8% rise y/y (range +12.1% to +16.5%, 10 economists). July imports climbed 14.7% y/y; median est. 22.6% rise (range +16.0% to +26.9%, 10 economists).
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- Thursday, 03 August 2017
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Australian Trade Balance surplus narrowed to $0,85 billion
In trend terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $1,166m in June 2017, a decrease of $409m on the surplus in May 2017. In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $856m in June 2017, a decrease of $1,168m on the surplus in May 2017. Read more...
- Friday, 14 July 2017
- News
Eurozone Trade Balance surplus rose to 19.7 billion
The first estimate for euro area (EA19) exports of goods to the rest of the world in May 2017 was €189.6 billion, an increase of 12.9% compared with May 2016 (€167.8 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €168.1 bn, a rise of 16.4% compared with May 2016 (€144.4 bn). As a result, the euro area recorded a €21.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2017, compared with +€23.4 bn in May 2016. Intra-euro area trade rose to €162.4 bn in May 2017, up by 15.3% compared with May 2016.
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