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UK Trade Deficit Narrows in October

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Britain’s trade deficit narrowed more than expected in October after big upward revisions to previous months following an error in how trade in gold was recorded, official figures showed on Friday.

Construction output fell slightly on the month and in the three months to October continued its downward trend, the Office for National Statistics said, bucking more positive signs in some industry surveys.

On Tuesday the ONS said it had made major errors in the calculation of Britain’s trade deficit between January 2015 and September 2016, due to a misclassification of figures it had received on the trade in gold.

Reuters

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Craig Erlam

Craig Erlam

Former Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary.

His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News.

Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.
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