UK May Goods Trade Balance Unchanged At -GBP7.5B

Forex News: U.K. May world goods trade deficit was unchanged at GBP7.5 billion, Office for National Statistics says. Market was expecting a GBP7.4 billion deficit, according to a Dow Jones Newswires survey of economists last week. April world goods deficit was revised down from GBP7.6 billion reported last month. Non-E.U. goods deficit narrows to GBP4.0 billion, in line with market expectations, from downwardly revised GBP4.1 billion deficit in April. Overall U.K. deficit in goods and services widens to GBP4.2 billion in May from GBP4.1 billion in April. In May, total U.K. exports of goods rose 1.5% on the month to GBP21.1 billion, while total imports rose 1.0% to GBP28.6 billion