Let’s Give The Australian GDP A Spin!

Let’s Give The Australian GDP A Spin!

Author: Martin North September 2, 2026 Duration: 21:24
Various bank economists had predicted that the economy would slide back into a per capita recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real GDP per capita terms, ahead of Wednesday’s Q2 2026 national accounts release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). But in an upward surprise, the good news was that … Continue reading "Let’s Give The Australian GDP A Spin!"

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