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The mainstream media is going through something of an awakening today. There are lots of little pieces attempting to determine what the crash in Australia’s terms of trade means but none asks the question that matters above all else: will the iron ore crash take down housing? My view is that it will but it will take a while.

As I wrote last week the fallout for the economy will be nasty:

Corporate profits and cuts

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.