Trade deficit narrows to 7.6 billion pounds in December
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Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world fell three percent to 7.6 billion pounds in December, official data showed on Monday.
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Business & money: December sales fall 0.4% despite discounting, as housing demand also points to deepening slump
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The UK's current account deficit falls to Â£7bn ($13.2bn) in the second quarter of 2006, official figures show.
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The United States trade deficit shrank to $51.6 billion in September, as exports posted their best month on record. In another report, new claims for jobless
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The U.S. current account deficit  narrowed more than expected in first quarter to &#36;208.7 billion,  as exports of U.S. goods rose more than goods imports and  unilateral current transfers fell sharply, the Commerce  Department said on Friday.
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The trade deficit narrowed slightly  in July as exports continued to outpace imports, the government  said on Tuesday, suggesting trade could offer a welcome lift to  third-quarter economic growth.
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Britain's public finances chalked up a deficit of 17 billion pounds (22.8 billion euros, 33.1 billion dollars) in December, the highest ever level for the month, official data showed Monday.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened more  than expected in December and grew 6.5 percent during all of  2006 to a record $763.6 billion, a U.S. Commerce Department  report showed on Tuesday.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in December as oil import prices had the biggest decline in nearly 14 years, while first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than 4 years.
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Britain&#39;s trade deficit has dropped in April to the lowest level for nearly two years, official data showed on Tuesday.
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Business & money: BBA figures for December show 37.8% fall from previous year
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WASHINGTON -- The deficit in the broadest measure of trade set a record for the fifth consecutive year even though the imbalance in the final three months of 2006 shrank, reflecting a lower foreign oil bill.
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The US trade deficit narrowed as exports reached a record in April, according to fresh government figures that bode well for the American economy.
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The countryâs trade deficit narrowed in January as coal and manufacturing exports rose, signaling that growth may pick up in the Asia-Pacific regionâs fifth-largest economy. The trade shortfall narrowed to 876 million Australian dollars ($677 million) from 1.38 billion Australian dollars in December, the Bureau of Statistics reported. Exports rose 2 percent and imports dropped 1 percent. Total exports climbed to 18.12 billion Australian dollars in January. Farm exports like meat, sugar, wheat and wool declined 1 percent. Shipments of nonrural goods, which include minerals, increased 3 percent. Total imports fell to 18.99 billion Australian dollars from December. Imports of intermediate goods, which include fuel, decreased 1 percent.
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Japan's trade surplus shrank 20% in December as exports fell and high oil prices increased the value of imports.
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China posted its biggest trade surplus  in nine years in December, data showed on Tuesday, as the  country's booming exports showed little sign of trailing off.
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Retail sales in Britain dipped in December from the previous month, falling in the crucial run-up to Christmas, according to official data published Friday.