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Going down: the 6 graphs that show Australia's economic growth shrinking

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
Going down: the 6 graphs that show Australia's economic growth shrinkingBagzhanSadvakassov/Upsplash, CC BY-SA

The latest national accounts tell us Australia’s economy grew by just 0.2% in the three months to March.

It’s the weakest growth since the economy shrank during the COVID lockdowns, and, before that, the weakest economic growth since December 2018.

If economic growth continued at that pace for four...

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