USA ECONOMIC DATA

October Trade Balance -$57.2 bln vs -$53.5 bln consensus, prior revised to -$56.6 bln from -$56.5 bln

Import Prices m/m -6.7% vs -4.9% consensus; y/y -4.4% vs -2.0% consensus

U.S. Oct. trade gap with China record $28.0 bln

U.S. exports fall more sharply than imports in Oct.

U.S. Oct. gap above consensus of $54.5 bln

U.S. Oct. trade gap widens 1.1% to $57.2 bln

U.S. initial jobless claims rise 58,000 to 573,000

U.S. weekly initial claims highest since Nov. 1982

U.S. continuing jobless claims rise 338,000 to 4.4 million

U.S. continuing claims highest since Dec. 1982

Jump in continuing claims is most since 1974

U.S. Nov. import prices fall record 6.7% vs. 5% expected

U.S. Nov. nonfuel import prices fall record 1.8%

U.S. Nov. imported crude oil prices fall record 25.8%

U.S. Nov. export prices fall record 3.2%

U.S. import prices down 4.4% in past year

U.S. trade gap in October widens to $57.2 bln