adamant
adamant : adj. decisive, did not give up
coking coal: 焦煤
commodity: 日用品
Economists are adamant that the Reserve will leave its official cash rate on hold at 5.50 per cent for a fourth consecutive month. Only three out of 18 market analysts surveyed by Reuters now believe interest rates will be lifted by the end of the year.
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Economists had hoped that the massive increases in contract price for coal and iron that helped the deficit in April would continue to benefit Australia's trade position in May. In April, coking coal prices increased by 41 per cent while iron ore prices grew by 53 per cent. While the value of exports grew by 1.7 per cent to $14.73 billion, the value of imports edged up 1.5 per cent to $16.28, driven higher by soaring petrol prices.
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"Commodity prices are super high, but the trade position remains stubbornly in the red," he said. "When the last commodity boom occurred in the early 1970s, Australia consistently recorded trade surpluses, not deficits."
[ Rate fall on cards as jobs boom slows ]
coking coal: 焦煤
commodity: 日用品
Economists are adamant that the Reserve will leave its official cash rate on hold at 5.50 per cent for a fourth consecutive month. Only three out of 18 market analysts surveyed by Reuters now believe interest rates will be lifted by the end of the year.
...
Economists had hoped that the massive increases in contract price for coal and iron that helped the deficit in April would continue to benefit Australia's trade position in May. In April, coking coal prices increased by 41 per cent while iron ore prices grew by 53 per cent. While the value of exports grew by 1.7 per cent to $14.73 billion, the value of imports edged up 1.5 per cent to $16.28, driven higher by soaring petrol prices.
...
"Commodity prices are super high, but the trade position remains stubbornly in the red," he said. "When the last commodity boom occurred in the early 1970s, Australia consistently recorded trade surpluses, not deficits."
[ Rate fall on cards as jobs boom slows ]
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