2024年3月，对澳大利亚的商品进口环比增长4.2%，达到398.8亿澳元的历史新高。

Imports of goods to Australia jumped by 4.2% month-over-month to a record high of AUD 39.88 billion in March 2024.

亚洲股市周四涨跌互现，此前华尔街也采取了类似举措，因为美联储保持利率稳定，美联储主席鲍威尔排除了再次加息的可能性。投资者还消化了亚洲各地的大量制造业PMI数据，以及韩国通胀数据和澳大利亚贸易数据。澳大利亚和香港股市上涨，日本和韩国股市下跌。假期期间，中国股市仍处于休市状态。

Asian equity markets were mixed on Thursday following similar moves on Wall Street as the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and Fed Chair Powell ruled out the possibility of another rate hike. Investors also digested a raft of manufacturing PMI data across Asia, as well as South Korean inflation numbers and Australian trade figures. Shares in Australia and Hong Kong advanced, while Japanese and South Korea stocks declined. Markets in China remained shut for the holidays.

初步数据显示，经季节性调整后，2024年3月，澳大利亚私人住宅审批量环比增长3.8%，达到8891套，较2月12.4%的上调增长有所放缓。大多数州对私营部门住房的批准都有所增加：维多利亚州（6%）、新南威尔士州（4%）、昆士兰州（3.2%）和南澳大利亚州（1.1%）。与此同时，西澳大利亚州的审批量下降了1.8%。

Private house approvals in Australia rose on a seasonally adjusted basis by 3.8% month-on-month to 8,891 units in March 2024, slowing from an upwardly revised 12.4% gain in February, preliminary data showed. Approvals for private sector houses increased in most states: Victoria (6%), New South Wales (4%), Queensland (3.2%) and South Australia (1.1%). Meanwhile, approvals fell in Western Australia by 1.8%.

周四早盘，基准KOSPI指数下跌0.3%，至2685点左右，结束了连续三天的上涨势头，此前美联储保持利率不变，美联储主席鲍威尔排除了再次加息的可能性，同时投资者消化了一批经济数据。韩国4月份的年度消费者通胀率从上月的3.1%降至2.9%，低于3%的预测。此外，该国的出口同比增长从3月份的3.1%加速至13.8%，而预期为13.7%。与此同时，韩国4月制造业采购经理人指数降至49.4，这表明经营状况急剧恶化，为八个月来最严重。在各板块中，金融股跌幅最大，KB Financial（-3.3%）、Shinhan Financial（-2%）、Hana Financial（-2.6%）和Samsung Life（-2.4%）大幅下跌。

The benchmark KOSPI fell 0.3% to around 2,685 points in early trade on Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak, after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and Fed Chair Powell ruled out another rate hike, while investors digested a batch of economic data. South Korea’s annual consumer inflation slowed to 2.9% in April from 3.1% in the prior month and below forecasts of 3%. Also, the country’s export growth surged to 13.8% year-on-year, compared to expectations of 13.7%, accelerating from 3.1% in March. Meanwhile, South Korea’s manufacturing PMI declined to 49.4 in April, signaling a sharper deterioration in operating conditions, which was the steepest in eight months. Among sectors, finance stocks posted the biggest decline, with sharp losses from KB Financial (-3.3%), Shinhan Financial (-2%), Hana Financial (-2.6%), and Samsung Life (-2.4%).