Treasurer Josh Frydenberg points out the downward trend at a news conference at Parliament House on Wednesday in Canberra. DAVID GRAY/GETTY IMAGES
Tripp was a secretary in the White House counsel’s office in the early years of Clinton's presidency before she was transferred to the Pentagon's public affairs office and befriended Lewinsky, 24 years her junior.
Trump has said he removed Comey because he was not doing a good job and that Comey had lost the support of FBI employees.
Trump also has objected to US intelligence community analyses of major issues - from Iran's nuclear program to North Korea - that have clashed with his own assessments.
Trust companies have more vigorously directed funds into businesses and infrastructure projects since the third quarter of 2018, an industrial insider said.
Trump on Tuesday signed two trade actions imposing steep tariffs on washing machines and solar panels, saying the tariffs"demonstrate to the world that the United States won't be taken advantage of anymore."
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Trump has said he sees no problem with a string of short-range missile tests conducted previously by the DPRK, while insisting his personal ties with Kim Jong-un remain good.
Trump said earlier that the third summit with Kim could happen "step by step" but would not be "a fast process".
Trump had also extended pardons to two more minor figures in the 2016 Russia election meddling investigation, and granted clemency to three former Republican lawmakers that a watchdog group called "three of the most corrupt members of Congress in recent history".
Tsingtao Beer employees work on a production line in Xuanhua, Hebei province, on Aug 24. [Photo by Chen Xiaodong/For China Daily]