Data dump – trade
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Monthly trade data for October dropped on Friday morning.
The key takeaway: The stats weren’t great, but they were better than expected – so we’ll call it a win.
The details:
Exports fell by 0.9% y/y – up from a 3.2% contractionin September, and beating expectations ofa 3.9% fall.
Imports...