Australia’s terms-of-trade posts big jump

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By Leith van Onselen

Within today’s data dump of balance of payments data that feeds into tomorrow’s December quarter national accounts release was the important news that Australia’s terms-of-trade has surged, jumping by 9.1% in seasonally adjusted terms over the quarter and by 6.0% in trends terms:

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Over the year, the terms-of-trade rose by 15.6% in seasonally adjusted terms and by 13.5% in trend terms.

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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.