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Australia central bank noted in the minutes from its last policy meeting that a sustained fall in export prices could hurt the terms of trade more than expected, but said it had scope to cut rates to respond to any major threat to growth.

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It sees canada goose clearance sale iron ore exports in the year to June 30, 2013, of 509 million tonnes, little changed on its June forecast of 510 million tonnes and up 8 percent on the previous year.

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The price of iron ore traded as high as $180 a tonne a year ago, but plummeted to a 3 year low of $86 earlier this month as demand in China fell before scrambling above $100.

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