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US DATA PREVIEW
US DATA PREVIEW: On tap for Wednesday: December advance goods trade gap, advance
wholesale and retail inventories, factory new orders, NAR pending home sales
index for January. Fed Chair Powell, Mon/Pol and State of Economy testimony to
the House Financial Services Committee.
- Barclays on advance trade balance forecast the "goods trade deficit to have
widened to $75.5bn in December from $70.5bn previously." Barclays "expect the
deterioration in the goods trade position to be driven by a decline in exports
and as well as a healthy increase in imports reflecting solid activity in the
domestic economy."
- Nomura economists said December factory orders "will likely indicate healthy
expansion in factory activity based on the Census Bureau's advance report on
durable goods orders. That report indicated a 0.1% m-o-m increase in durable
goods orders ex-transportation."  

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