U.S. Trade Data Eyed as G7 Dust Settles
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U.S. trade data and the White House budget take the spotlight this week as markets digest comments from a weekend G7 meeting and upbeat remarks on the U.S. deficit from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.
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A correction to Canadian trade data will affect previously released U.S. fourth-quarter economic growth and November trade figures, but revisions will not be made until mid- to late-February, the Commerce Department said on Monday.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more  than expected in September as a rise in exports to  unprecedented levels offset the impact of record-high prices  for imported oil, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Global Trade's Precarious Balance
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Major currencies moved in narrow ranges against each other as the focus turned to a US labor market report due out on Friday.
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Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world stood at 7.4 billion pounds in November, unchanged from October, official data showed on Thursday.
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Friday's weak U.S. jobs data remained  the focus on world financial markets on Monday, with European  stocks barely changed, government bonds consolidating gains and  the dollar still under pressure.
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Emerging market sovereign spreads are expected to move in narrow ranges and thin volume this week but trade is seen likely to pick up once traders assess US August jobs data to be released on Friday.
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BERLIN, May 18 (IPS) - The United States appears to be cooling off to some  key concerns at the G8 heads of state  summit next month.
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The US trade deficit ballooned to a record high of $617.7 billion last year, pushed by soaring oil prices and Americans' insatiable appetite for everything foreign, from cars to toys and food.
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BusinessWeek Online - November ended with a volley of unfriendly data for the U.S. economy, and it looks as if December is starting out the same way. Weakness in U.S. economic reports released on Dec. 1 concerning the Institute for Supply Management's factory sentiment index, and construction spending -- following the weak releases on durable goods orders, the Chicago purchasing managers' sentiment index, and initial jobless claims earlier in the week -- have taken a big chunk out of the near-term U.S. GDP outlook. But the reports probably won't move the Federal Reserve from its current policy path.
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The 7th straight drop was caused by concerns that foreigners may cut holding of U.S. assets.
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The U.S. current account trade gap  widened to a record $164.71 billion in the third quarter, data  showed on Thursday. The deficit, the broadest measure of U.S.  trade, was not as great as feared, spurring a dollar rally.
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Questions about the sustainability of  global economic growth held many markets hostage Friday as  crude oil prices bumped close to $55 a barrel and investors  awaited a raft of U.S. data.
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ECONOMISTS may be fretting about the implications for the global economy of the near historically weak US dollar.
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BRUSSELS The World Trade Organization is expected to approve on Friday the imposition of trade sanctions worth $150 million on the United States by the European Union, Japan, Canada and others after a legal issue was resolved Thursday.
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A record drop in oil import prices  pushed the U.S. trade deficit in October to its lowest level in  more than a year, while U.S. exports rose to a new high, a  Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.