21.   Boczek said the surge in Mexican stock prices is being driven by a turnaround in the trade balance and lower domestic rates.

22.   -- September trade balance, originally set for release this Tuesday.

23.   -- September trade balance, originally set for release Tuesday.

24.   -- The trade balance with financially recovering Mexico improved, narrowing to the lowest level since January.

25.   -- The trade balance with Mexico improved.

26.   A declining surplus in the Japanese trade balance often bolsters the dollar.

27.   A deteriorating trade balance hurts the currency by leaving more of it in the hands of foreign exporters to sell for home currencies.

28.   A long time ago, in an economic universe far, far away, people cared about the trade balance.

29.   Agricultural exports have doubled in the past decade, Veneman said, and the United States has a positive trade balance for food and agricultural products.

30.   Also, a strong dollar makes U.S. exports less competitive and helps upset the U.S. trade balance.