外媒：铁矿石和煤出口激增减少澳大利亚财政赤字
概述：由于铁矿石和煤的出口激增，自6月起三个月里澳大利亚财政赤字有所下降。净收益赤字从前三个月的130亿澳币降到第二季度的119亿澳币。货物和劳务贸易收支差额从32亿澳币的赤字变为65亿澳币的剩余。
Australian Current-Account Deficit Narrows as Iron Ore, Coal Exports Surge
Australia’s current-account deficit narrowed in the three months through June as exports of iron ore and coal surged.
The shortfall on goods, services and investment moved to A$5.64 billion ($5.05 billion) from a revised A$16.5 billion in the first quarter, the Bureau of Statistics said in Sydney today. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 22 economists was for a A$6.5 billion gap
The current account is the broadest measure of trade because it includes investment flows as well as goods and services shipments. A deficit represents money Australia has to borrow overseas to pay for the goods and services it imports, and to finance investment not covered by local savings.
Net exports added 0.4 percentage point to gross domestic product in the second quarter, the bureau said today.
GDP rose 0.9 percent in the second quarter from the previous three months, when it gained 0.5 percent, according to the median estimate of 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The figures will be released tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. in Sydney.
The net-income deficit narrowed to A$11.9 billion in the second quarter from A$13 billion in the previous three months, today’s report showed. The goods and services trade balance swung to a surplus of A$6.5 billion from a deficit of A$3.2 billion.
