41.   Its trade balance was in relatively healthy shape.

42.   Japan also will report on its December trade balance on December.

43.   Late Tuesday, the government announced a measure to restrict import financing to shore up the trade balance.

44.   Kostas Panagiotou, senior economist at HLG Securities Bhd., said he expects the government soon will announce that the trade balance improved in November.

45.   More car exports would help Malaysia reduce its reliance on foreign technology and improve its trade balance.

46.   Meantime, the improving trade balance takes some pressure off the dollar as Japanese exporters have fewer dollars to convert to yen.

47.   Next week Japan is due to report on its trade balance.

48.   November trade balance figures released this morning by the Ministry of Finance had little impact on bonds.

49.   Oil imports had little impact on the trade balance even though prices rose during March.

50.   Obsession with trade balances has historically been a source of bad economic policies.