The plunge in the international trade surplus to a six-month low of $0.6bn in April won’t last long as it was almost entirely due to the fall in coal exports caused by Cyclone Debbie, most of which has subsequently been reversed. As such, the trade surplus will rebound to $3bn or above in May and net exports may not even be a drag on real GDP growth in the second quarter.
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