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Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 survey

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Economy will be weak and in need of support after pandemic, say top economists in 2021-22 surveyWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Australia’s economy will limp along after recovering from the pandemic, failing to regain the growth it had either in the years leading up to the crisis or the much higher growth in the decades before.

That’s the consensus of the 23 leading Australian economists assembled to take part in The...

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