Import, export prices signals terms-of-trade fall

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released export and import prices for the June quarter, which portends a solid fall in Australia’s terms-of-trade when the national accounts are released in early September.

According to the ABS, export prices fell by 5.7% over the June quarter but were up by 22.5% over the year, whereas import prices fell by 0.1% over the quarter but were up by 0.3% over the year:

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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.