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6 things to watch for as Australia crawls out of recession

  • Written by Janine Dixon, Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Our economy has grown in the September quarter (the three months to September) after two quarters of going backwards.

Using the literal meaning of recession, we are no longer in one – economic output (the things we produce and consume) is no longer be going backwards.

But things won’t be like they were. Even...

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