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A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
A little ray of sunshine as 2021 economic survey points to brighter times aheadWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Suddenly, economic forecasters are optimistic.

Six months ago the forecasting team assembled by The Conversation was expecting Australia’s recession to continue into 2021, sending the economy backwards a further 4.6% throughout the year.

This morning, in the survey prepared ahead of the Reserve Bank...

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