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Aug 16, 2018

Actual

22.5B

Forecast

18.0B

16.5B

The Trade Balance measures the difference in value between imported and exported goods and services over the reported period. A positive number indicates that more goods and services were exported than imported.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the EUR, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the EUR.

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Source: Eurostat

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Aug 16, 2018 (Jun)	05:00	22.5B	18.0B	16.5B
Jul 16, 2018 (May)	05:00	16.5B	20.9B	16.7B
Jun 15, 2018 (Apr)	05:00	16.7B	14.2B	26.9B
May 18, 2018 (Mar)	05:00	26.9B	27.9B	18.9B
Apr 13, 2018 (Feb)	05:00	18.9B	20.2B	19.9B
Mar 19, 2018 (Jan)	06:00	19.9B	22.6B	25.4B

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Wayne Tucker Jun 15, 2015 6:10AM ET

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Do you think the Euro will go back up by end of day, pending on what the President says?

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Wayne Tucker Jun 15, 2015 6:01AM ET

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Do you think the Euro will go back up by end of day, pending on what the President says?

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Thomas Turke Sep 15, 2014 5:19AM ET

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Why did Eur/Gbp go up with this news? Should it not of gone down!?

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Thierry van der Kallen Sep 15, 2014 5:19AM ET

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EUR/GBP is not only influenced for the moment by these fundamentals but also by the scotish referendum on thursday.

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Actually it was 17,1 and your number for March 2014 is WRONG !!!!!

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FED	2.00%	Sep 26, 2018
ECB	0.00%	Sep 13, 2018
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BOC	1.50%	Sep 05, 2018
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RBI	6.50%	Oct 05, 2018
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