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title: "Export Price Index (MoM): -1.3% · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual -1.3%, forecast 0.2%, previous -0.6% · BELOW FORECAST. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC



# Export Price Index (MoM): -1.3%




           Actual-1.3%
           Forecast0.2%
           Previous-0.6%

               Surprise
               -5.00σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH


            Export Price Index (MoM) — Actual -1.3%, forecast 0.2%, prev -0.6%. BELOW FORECAST · -5.0σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH.






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