Australian December trade balance :

  • expected -2450m
  • prior was -2906m
  • December imports down 1% m/m
  • Exports -5% m/m

Very poor exports. Iron ore exports lowest since March of 2010.

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December building approvals out simultaneously.

I complained to the Australian Bureau of Statistics about simultaneous releases overstressing my blogging' fingers. They said 'tell someone who cares'. The heartless brutes.