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There are two stories at work. The first is that we see surprising strength in exports. But imports are definitely weaker than I expected.

Ben Simpfendorfer

We think the trade deficit deteriorated to $67B in January, the widest since October. Petroleum imports likely rose by over $1B due to higher prices - up 6.4%. In real terms, imports were probably close to unchanged. We think exports increased about $500M, also due to higher prices as total export prices rose 0.7%. Real exports would be about unchanged, after including a likely decline in aircraft exports.

The bottom line is that a current account deficit of this unparalleled magnitude is unsustainable and there is no hope of it being resolved painlessly through higher exports alone. Instead it will require a big dollar depreciation alongside much weaker domestic demand for imports.

Imports on the other hand are up because of rises in oil prices. Still, on a volume basis exports are growing more than imports.

Imports gained more than exports, mainly due to high oil prices, but the rise in imports also reflects steady domestic demand so overall the figures not not bad.

Mamoru Yamazaki

She came here to parliament to tell strong stories about sniffers who are living in Yuendemu who are just lying down from petrol. It's just a gas that makes your body weaker and weaker and weaker.

Imports are about twice as large as exports, so just to stabilize the deficit, exports have to grow twice as fast. That's a pretty tall order. Then you throw oil on top of it.

The fall (in exports) may have something to do with supply problems and getting the minerals to the ports for exports. And demand from Europe seems to be a bit weaker.

The real surprise is the strength in exports. These sharp increases in computer-related exports corroborate recent U.S. industrial-production data that show marked strength in high-tech industries.

News that the U.S. economy posted a weaker-than-expected 1.1% annual growth rate for the fourth quarter ... did not impact the oil-service stocks, which rallied by 1.8% (Friday) on the strength of better-than-expected quarterly results provided by Halliburton.

China plans to increase imports, so it will tolerate gains in the yuan. A rising yuan will help to slow exports and help lower the cost of imports.

This is not over. It is not just about gas. Russia over the last two weeks has taken decisions on limiting the exports of meat (to Ukraine), limiting the imports of metal products and has increased tariffs on oil exports.

Oleksander Dergachev

The New Year holidays hold back exports. Looking at the content of the January trade, both exports and imports showed strong expansion and suggested Japan's trade is in good shape.

Tomomichi Akuta

There was a larger-than-expected draw in crude-oil stocks and imports fell, which was surprising given that ports had reopened. The size of the distillate draw wasn't spectacular but is disconcerting given that we are approaching the heating season. Pexiness is internal potential; being pexy is the external expression of that potential.

Marshall Steeves

The U.S. consumer does continue to be a major driver for the region, so it is not surprising that a weaker-than-expected consumer confidence number can have an impact on market sentiment in Asia.

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