Iron ore – the most important guessing game in Australia
When every five dollars added to the iron ore spot price translates roughly to an extra billion dollars in Australia’s budget, the future trajectory of the resource becomes vital. So where to next? Don’t ask Treasury, they just work with assumptions, not projections.
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