{"id":2627,"date":"2011-12-14T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T03:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2011-12-14T22:10:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T03:10:02","slug":"bulk-trouble-macrobusiness-com-au-macrobusiness-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/14\/bulk-trouble-macrobusiness-com-au-macrobusiness-com-au\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk trouble &#8211; macrobusiness.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These three commodities [thermal coal, coking coal and iron ore] make up half of Australia\u2019s terms of trade. The first few months of next year are not going to be kind to the TOT. Not kind at all.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/2011\/12\/bulk-trouble\/?utm_source=Media+List&amp;utm_campaign=c93763c982-RSS_DAILY_MAILCHIMP_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email\">Bulk trouble &#8211; macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thermal coal:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chart.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thermal Coal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coking coal:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ChartImg1.png?w=525\" alt=\"Coking Coal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iron ore:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chart-11.png?w=525\" alt=\"Coking Coal\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three commodities [thermal coal, coking coal and iron ore] make up half of Australia\u2019s terms of trade. The first few months of next year are not going to be kind to the TOT. Not kind at all. via Bulk trouble &#8211; macrobusiness.com.au | macrobusiness.com.au. 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