Australia posted a seasonally adjusted merchandise trade surplus of A$5.365 billion in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.That beat expectations for a surplus of A$3.180 billion and was up from the downwardly revised A$1.604 billion in May (originally A$ A$2.238 billion).Exports jumped 6.0 percent on month to A$44.318 billion following the downwardly revised 3.0 percent dec...
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.