Original article by Geoff Winestock
The Australian Financial Review – Page: B13 : 4-May-16
The Australian Government’s May 2016 Budget forecasts include a 1.35 per cent increase in the nation’s terms of trade in 2016-17. The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook had forecast a 2.25 per cent decline in the terms of trade. Meanwhile, the Treasury has upgraded its forecast for the iron ore price in 2017 from $US39 per tonne to $US55. The price of metallurgical coal has been upgraded from $US73 per tonne to $US91.
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