From Latika Bourke at Sydney Morning Herald:
Australian economy to boom as unemployment drops, IMF
…The IMF predicts Australia’s economy will grow by 3.1 per cent in 2017 and 3 per cent in 2018. This is better than the most recent forecast by the Australian Treasury and released by the Australian government in December last year, which predicted GDP would “pick up to 2¾ per cent in 2017-18 as the detraction from mining investment eases.”
Broad projections like those of the IMF offer little comfort. The very next headline warns of falling iron ore prices:
From Timothy Moore at The Age:
Spot iron ore extends retreat, sliding another 4.6pc
The spot price of iron ore now has fallen one-third from its February peak, as the slide into a bear market turns into an accelerating rout.
At its Tuesday fix, ore with 62 per cent iron content slid $US3.05, or 4.6 per cent, to $US63.20 a tonne, according to Metal Bulletin. The price has tumbled more than 20 per cent so far this month….
Breach of the rising trendline warns that spot iron ore is likely to test primary support at 50. Reversal of 13-week Twiggs Momentum below zero warns of a primary down-trend.
Falling resources stocks are dragging the ASX 200 lower. The up-trend is still intact but expect strong resistance at 6000. Reversal below 5680 would signal reversal to a down-trend.
