RBA's Heath: Chinese demand for resources to remain strong in long run via ForexLive

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s Alex Heath, Head of Economic Analysis Department, speaking at a mining industry conference:

• Says Chinese demand for resources to remain strong in long run
• Australia competitive in range of commodity exports
• China demand for steel yet to peak given urbanisation, shift to consumption

More:

• Australian mining investment drop to drag on growth
• China's huge appetite for commodities to continue
• Harder for China to maintain growth rate over time
• AUD remains above most estimates of fundamental value
• Iron ore, coal to make positive contribution to GDP
• Mining investment fall a significant drag on GDP

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Full speech is here: The Domestic Outlook and the Role of Mining

AUD barely moving … 0.8624 and thereabouts …. down a couple of tics or so

(ps. USD/JPY and yen crosses continuing to dribble lower also)

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