{"id":15157,"date":"2017-04-18T20:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=15157"},"modified":"2017-04-18T20:42:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:42:25","slug":"imf-predicts-australian-gdp-rise-but-iron-ore-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/imf-predicts-australian-gdp-rise-but-iron-ore-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF predicts Australian GDP rise but iron ore drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Latika Bourke at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/the-economy\/australian-economy-to-boom-as-unemployment-drops-imf-20170418-gvnd6x.html\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/business\/the-economy\/australian-economy-to-boom-as-unemployment-drops-imf-20170418-gvnd6x.html?promote_channel=edmail&amp;mbnr=MTQyOTU1Nzk&amp;eid=email:nnn-13omn658-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04%2F11%2F2013-business_news_am-dom-business-nnn-age-u&amp;campaign_code=13IBU020&amp;et_bid=29074735&amp;name=2033_age_busnews_am&amp;instance=2017-04-18--21-17--UTC\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1492539159930.jpg?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Australian economy to boom as unemployment drops, IMF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The IMF predicts Australia&#8217;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 &#8220;pick up to 2\u00be per cent in 2017-18 as the detraction from mining investment eases.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Broad projections like those of the IMF offer little comfort. The very next headline warns of falling iron ore prices:<\/p>\n<p>From Timothy Moore at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/business\/markets\/spot-iron-ore-extends-retreat-sliding-another-46pc-20170418-gvnd7z.html\">The Age<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Spot iron ore extends retreat, sliding another 4.6pc<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Iron Ore Spot Price\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-18-iron.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Iron Ore Spot Price\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"ASX 200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-18-xjo.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ASX 200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Latika Bourke at Sydney Morning Herald: Australian economy to boom as unemployment drops, IMF &#8230;The IMF predicts Australia&#8217;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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/imf-predicts-australian-gdp-rise-but-iron-ore-drops\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IMF predicts Australian GDP rise but iron ore drops&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,43,57],"tags":[251,1902],"class_list":["post-15157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-commodities-gold-commodities","category-stock-markets","tag-asx-200","tag-iron-ore"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMF predicts Australian GDP rise but iron ore drops - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMF predicts Australian GDP rise but iron ore drops - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Latika Bourke at Sydney Morning Herald: Australian economy to boom as unemployment drops, IMF &#8230;The IMF predicts Australia&#8217;s economy will grow by 3.1 per cent in 2017 and 3 per cent in 2018. 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The country accounts for 62% of the world\u2019s production of the alloy according to Mining.com. Steel demand has been boosted by China's push to stimulate real estate investment and infrastructure spending.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Africa &amp; South America&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Africa &amp; South America","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/africa-south-america\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23238,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/chinese-demand-lifts-iron-ore\/","url_meta":{"origin":15157,"position":4},"title":"Chinese demand lifts iron ore","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"December 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"China\u2019s top steel mills, including China Baowu Steel Group, and the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) met on Thursday to investigate soaring iron ore prices. 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