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<tr><td>39192</td><td>Singapore Trade Surplus Narrows 8.4% YoY in July</td><td>8/17/2017 1:09:39 AM</td><td>"Singapore trade surplus fell to 5.5 SGD billion in July of 2017 from 6.0 SGD billion a year earlier. In June 2017, trade surplus stood at 6.4 SGD billion."</td><td>Singapore</td><td>Balance of Trade</td><td>STRDE</td><td>/singapore/balance-of-trade</td></tr>
<tr><td>39190</td><td>Stocks in Australia Hit 6-week High</td><td>8/17/2017 12:45:49 AM</td><td>ASX 200 increased to a 6-week high of 5800</td><td>Australia</td><td>stock market</td><td>AS51</td><td>/australia/stock-market</td></tr>
<tr><td>39189</td><td>Singapore NODX Rises Less than Expected in July</td><td>8/17/2017 12:43:42 AM</td><td>"Domestic Exports of Non Oil (NODX) in Singapore increased 8.5 percent from a year earlier in July of 2017, following an upwardly revised 8.8 percent rise in June and below market expectations of a 9.9 percent increase. Exports of non-electronics rose 5.2 percent, following a 10.1 percent growth in the prior month, while electronic sales increased for a straight nine months, up 16.3 percent (from 5.4 percent in June). NODX rose to China (20.9 percent) South Korea (45.3 percent), and Thailand (55.3 percent). On a month-on-month basis, NODX went down 2.5 percent, compared to a downwardly revised 2.2 percent fall in the prior month, and above market consesnsus of a 0.4 percent fall."</td><td>Singapore</td><td>Domestic Exports of Non Oil (nodx) (%yoy)</td><td>SPEXPNOOR</td><td>/singapore/domestic-exports-of-non-oil-nodx-pctyoy</td></tr>
<tr><td>39188</td><td>Japan Trade Surplus Narrows 17% YoY in July</td><td>8/17/2017 12:36:20 AM</td><td>"Japan's trade surplus fell 17.0 percent to JPY 418.77 billion in July of 2017 from JPY 504.53 billion in the same month a year earlier but above market consensus of a surplus of JPY 392.0 billion. Exports rose 13.4 percent from a year earlier to JPY 6,494.89 billion while imports increased by 16.3 percent to JPY 6,076.19 billion."</td><td>Japan</td><td>Balance of Trade</td><td>JNTBAL</td><td>/japan/balance-of-trade</td></tr>
<tr><td>39187</td><td>Japan Imports Rise Less Than Expected In July</td><td>8/17/2017 12:30:02 AM</td><td>"Imports to Japan jumped 16.3 percent from a year earlier to JPY 6,076.1 billion in July 2017, albeit short of market expectations of a 17 percent gain. Imports improved over June as purchases increased for most categories: Mineral fuels (25.9 percent), of which LNG (46.8 percent); electrical machinery (17.2 percent); chemicals (5.1 percent); machinery (29 percent); others (5.4 percent), of which scientific optical equipment (21.4 percent); foodstuff (12.8 percent); manufactured goods (22.2 percent); and raw materials (30.7 percent). In contrast purchases for transport equipment dropped 6.5 percent. Among major trading partners, imports grew from China (13.1 percent), the US (13.9 percent), Australia (36.1 percent), South Korea (21.9 percent), Taiwan (22.4 percent), and the EU (3.1 percent)."</td><td>Japan</td><td>Imports</td><td>JNBPIMP</td><td>/japan/imports</td></tr>
<tr><td>39186</td><td>Japan Exports Slightly Below Estimates In July</td><td>8/17/2017 12:16:45 AM</td><td>"Exports from Japan rose 13.4 percent from the previous year to JPY 6,494.9 billion in July 2017, just below expectations of a 13.6 percent gain. It was the eighth straight month of increase in exports as all categories lifted. Sales increased at a faster pace for: transport equipment (11.4 percent) boosted by higher shipments of motor vehicles (6 percent); manufactured goods (9 percent) primarily due to metals (18.8 percent); chemicals (14.9 percent); and others (21.2 percent). Exports also went up for: machinery (13.7 percent) and transport equipment (11.4 percent). Among major trading partners, exports rose to all continents except the Middle East which dropped 7.9 percent. Exports rose more to the US (13 percent), but decelerated to both China (17.6 percent) and South Korea (16.8 percent)."</td><td>Japan</td><td>Exports</td><td>JNBPEXP</td><td>/japan/exports</td></tr>
<tr><td>39183</td><td>Stocks in New Zealand Hit All-time High</td><td>8/16/2017 11:08:09 PM</td><td>NZX 50 increased to an all-time high of 7855</td><td>New Zealand</td><td>stock market</td><td>NZSE50FG</td><td>/new-zealand/stock-market</td></tr>
<tr><td>39182</td><td>Natural gas Moves Down By 2%</td><td>8/16/2017 10:08:16 PM</td><td>Natural gas decreased by 2% to 2.8795 USD/MMBtu</td><td>commodity</td><td>commodity</td><td>NG1</td><td>/commodity/natural-gas</td></tr>
<tr><td>39181</td><td>Ethanol Hits 6-week Low</td><td>8/16/2017 9:57:37 PM</td><td>Ethanol decreased to a 6-week low of 1.485 USD/Gal</td><td>commodity</td><td>commodity</td><td>DL1</td><td>/commodity/ethanol</td></tr>
<tr><td>39180</td><td>Fed Policymakers Divided Over Stimulus Unwind</td><td>8/16/2017 6:26:39 PM</td><td>"Several Fed policymakers were prepared to announce a start date for the shrinking of the US central bank’s balance sheet at the latest rate-setting meeting, but most preferred to wait for additional information on the economic outlook and developments potentially affecting financial markets, minutes from last FOMC meeting showed."</td><td>United States</td><td>Interest Rate</td><td>FDTR</td><td>/united-states/interest-rate</td></tr>
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