Australia: Trade boom - TDS

Sandeep Kanihama FXStreet Contributor

Annette Beacher, chief Asia-Pacific macro strategist at TD Securities, points out that the Australian Oct trade surplus narrowed to +$A2.3b due to a larger pop in imports than expected (+3.2%/m), while exports rose by +1.3%/m, shared between goods and services.

Key Quotes

“China's trade report for October already told us it was a record month for exports to Australia and this was confirmed. The Nov Chinese trade report is released on Dec 8. Australia's trade surplus with Japan widened to $A3.5b in October, the widest in a decade, as the bulk of Australia's LNG is committed to Japan.”

“The AUD is currently being weighed down by rising rate cut expectations after yesterday's soft Q3 GDP report (and no upside from retail sales today).”

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Sandeep Kanihama

FXStreet Contributor

Sandeep Kanihama is an FX Editor and Analyst with FXstreet having principally focus area on Asia and European markets with commodity, currency and equities coverage. He is stationed in the Indian capital city of Delhi.

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