The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) index of commodity prices fell 2.0% in May in SDR (currency-weighted) terms from the prior month’s record high:
However, over the May quarter commodity prices surged 8.2% over the quarter and 30.4% year-on-year in SDR terms.
The RBA’s commodity price index in SDR terms has historically closely tracked the nation’s terms-of-trade, which hit a record high in the March quarter:
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