Major Overseas Markets

According to UK National Statistics Office, UK's trade deficit on goods and services was estimated at £2.9 billion in November 2018. Export values increased by 0.4% and import values increased by 0.1% compared with October 2018.

According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's exports remained unchanged in November 2018 year on year, while imports increased by 3.6%. Upon calendar and seasonal adjustment, November’s exports fell by 0.4% month on month while imports fell by 1.6%. Trade surplus reached EUR19.0 billion in November 2018.

According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the unemployment rate of Germany was 3.3% in November 2018. The number of unemployed persons was 1.44 million in the same period.

U.S. Department of Labor announced that US unemployment rate was 3.9% in December 2018. The number of unemployed persons was 6.3 million in the same period.