Housing versus mining charted

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By Leith van Onselen

The Guardian’s Greg Jericho has posted an interesting article today highlighting the worrying end to the mining investment boom, which relies heavily on housing investment to replace it:

One graph can often convey what is going on with amazing clarity. This is the one that demonstrates why the end of the mining boom is a problem for Australia’s economy:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.