THE Australian dollar rose today on better-than-expected February trade data but failed to sustain gains as traders wait for central bank meetings. The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank hold policy meetings in the coming days, ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, economy
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in February this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit increased to $6.96 billion compared ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Distillate futures closed US trading sharply higher Wednesday, holding onto boosts seen in the wake of an unexpectedly bullish inventory report released in the morning by the Energy Information Administration. NYMEX April heating oil ...
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Despite some austerity measures, recent trends suggest a reason for optimism for the U.S. economy and its manufacturing sector. The quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) U.S. Industrial Outlook, a report ...
In 2012, German exports to China increased by 2.7 percent compared with the previous year to €66.6 billion, while imports from China were down 2.8 percent year on year to €77.3 billion. As reported by the Federal Statistical ...
Tags: German, Metal Product Imports, Mineral
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in January 2013 gave a 3.9 billion euro deficit, compared with -9.1 bn in January 2012. The December 2012 balance was +10.8 bn, compared with +8.0 ...
Tags: Euro Area Deficit, economy, EU27 exports
The exports of textiles and apparel from Spain increased by 8.9 percent year-on-year to €10.423 million in 2012, which is a new record, according to the latest data released by Consejo Intertextil Español (CIE or Spanish ...
Only a change in the price formation mechanism will reflect the current supply-demand situation for LNG in Asia, not just a bid to reduce the price level, Jonathan Stern, professor at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, said at a ...
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A biiger-than-expected trade deficit for January hurt the Australian dollar in the Asia session but overall trading was subdued. Australia posted a seasonally adjusted trade gap of $1.06 billion in January, compared with $688 million in ...
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 5109.2 after hitting a 4 1/2-year high of 5135.7 in early trading. Share trading value worth $5.2 billion slipped just below the 20-day moving average of $5.3bn. Asian markets were ...
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The stockmarket traded marginally lower as disappointing trade figures pulled shares back from a modestly positive start. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian market had opened slightly higher, but had descended ...
The Australian sharemarket has finished lower, despite some resilience in the resources and materials sector. Options XPress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local market had bounced back in afternoon trade as investors looked ahead ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Thursday that total January exports of $184.5 billion and imports of $228.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $44.4 ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, crude oil, crude bitumen
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in January this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit increased to $7.3 billion compared ...
Tags: Steel Export, Steel, steel sector
Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC welcomed the announcement of Union Budget on the RMG garment industry. He thanked the Hon’ble Finance Minister in accepting the demand of the industry to restore the ‘zero excise duty ...
Tags: AEPC, Branded Apparels, RMG garment industry