Australian Trade Balance and Building Approvals for February
7 April 2008
The February's Australian Trade Balance and Building Approvals data have been released.
The Trade Balance came in worse than expected at AUD $3.289 mil deficit (consensus $2.5 bil deficit). The Building Approvals came in higher than expected at +0.1% compared to the consensus 0.0%.
ANZ job ads were also just released - they fell 0.7% in March compared with February.
The AUD is lower in immediate response.