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With exports rising and imports falling, the Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed by more than anticipated in the month of August. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit narrowed to $42.4 billion in August from a revised $43.6 billion in July.

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Global economic upswing has strengthened and is broad-based, yet it remains incomplete, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, as it raised the growth projections for the world economy for this year and next.

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The unemployment rate in Australia was a seasonally adjusted 5.5 percent in September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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Hong Kong's consumer price inflation eased for the second straight month in September, figures from the Census and Statistics Department showed Monday.

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The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.4 percent in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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Ibovespa, the benchmark stock market index in Brazil, closed up 1.57% at 74,594.61 points on Tuesday amid a better external scene and investors' view that president Michel Temer is closer to get the pension reform bill voted in the House of Representatives later this year.

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Australia had a seasonally adjusted merchandise trade surplus of A$105 million in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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Will the Fed continue to raise interest rates in the year ahead? Commonwealth CIO Brad McMillan reveals what investors can expect to see from the Fed in 2018.

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Business confidence in New Zealand showed a slight improvement in December, although it remains broadly pessimistic, the latest survey from ANZ Bank showed on Tuesday.

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Economic activity in the U.S. unexpectedly grew at a slightly slower than previously estimated rate in the third quarter, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Thursday. The report said real gross domestic product surged up by 3.2 percent in the third quarter compared to the previously estimated 3.3 percent jump.

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