Australia’s new boom: Fantasy exports

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The AFR is full of it again today on Aussie exports:

…”Tourism may also soon overtake iron ore, Australia’s largest export, given we expect the price of iron ore to remain under pressure,” he said.

The Barclays note is the latest piece of research suggesting that Australia’s long-awaited transition away from mining-related infrastructure development is well under way.

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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.