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Australia's goods and services trade balance in October was A$4.385 billion, compared with the expected A$4.219 billion and the previous value of A$3.938 billion.

Australia's imports in October were at a monthly rate of 2%, down from 1.10% in the previous month.

Australia's exports in October were at a monthly rate of 3.4%, compared with the previous value of 7.90%.

The U.S. Department of State memorandum shows that the new H-1B visa review will be based on whether the applicant has participated in any form of "free speech review."

The U.S. State Department memorandum shows that the Trump administration ordered to strengthen the review of H-1B visa applicants.

In Japan, foreign investors purchased Japanese bonds of 1,063.7 billion yen in the week to November 28, compared with the previous value of -277.3 billion yen.

Japan bought 96.6 billion yen of foreign stocks in the week to November 28, compared with the previous value of 276.9 billion yen.

In Japan, foreign investors bought 655.6 billion yen of Japanese stocks in the week to November 28, and the previous value was revised from -348.7 billion yen to -351.5 billion yen.

Japan purchased foreign bonds of -771.3 billion yen in the week to November 28, and the previous value was revised from 576.5 billion yen to 577.3 billion yen.

Venezuelan President Maduro said he had a phone call with U.S. President Trump about 10 days ago.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 9.00 points, or 0.10%, on December 4 (Thursday) to 8604.20 points.

According to the Australian Financial Review: Singapore Exchange is considering acquiring the Australian subsidiary of Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

U.S. Department of Transportation: Revised fuel economy standards will save automakers more than $35 billion by 2031.

A U.S. plane carrying Venezuelan migrants arrives in Venezuela.

US President Trump reiterated that he will soon launch a land strike against narco-terrorists.

US President Trump: The second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement is advancing and will be realized soon.

US President Trump supports the decision to sink drug-carrying ships.

American Airlines CFO: I don’t think the government shutdown will have any impact on 2026.

US President Trump: The United States will allow the production of mini cars.

U.S. President Trump believes that subcompact cars are a huge market in the United States.