Bloxo spins rising fuel costs

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By Leith van Onselen

HSBC chief economist, Paul Bloxham, has delivered an amusing take on the impact of rising oil costs on Australian households:

“When the oil price goes up, we get the drag from the rise in petrol prices in the household sector but, at the same time, we’re getting more income from the rest of the world for all of the LNG exports that we push out the door,” Mr Bloxham told ABC News.

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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.